Growing up, there were some authors that were pretty iconic in terms of what they wrote for teens and young adults. And one ...

NORTHCLIFFE: AN INTIMATE BIOGRA-PHY—Hamilton Fyfe—Macmillan ($4). Viscount Northcliffe died insane but his Daily Mail was hitting at the 2,000,000 mark, so he was called a great man.

Jack-o’-lantern isn’t the only autumnal Jack in the books; there’s also Jack-of-straw, a synonym for scarecrow or “a man ...