Book Reviews

Lawrence J. Friedman. Menninger: The Family and the Clinic . New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1990. Richard V. Francaviglia. Hard Places . Iowa City: The University of Iowa Press, 1991. 237 pages. William D. Miller. Pretty Bubbles in the Air: America in 1919 . Urbana and Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 1991. $29.95 (cloth). Spencer K. Wertz. Talking a Good Game: Inquiring into the Principles of Sport . Dallas: Southern Methodist University Press, 1991. 275 pg. $28.50 cloth, $12.50 paper. Peter Levine, ed. Baseball History 4: An Annual of Original Baseball Research . New York: Meckler, 1991. Hardback. $39.50. Western Rivermen, 1763‐1841: Ohio And Mississippa Boatmen And The Myth Of The Alligator Horse . By Michael Allen. Baton Rouge: Louisiana State University Press, 1992. David C. Morton, with Charles K. Wolfe. DeFord Bailey: A Black Star In Early Country Music . Knoxville, Tennessee: The University of Tennessee Press, 1991. Illustrated. 199 pp. Hardback. $29.95. Reginald J. Bartlette. Off The Record—Motown By Master Number, 1959‐1989: Volume One—Singles . Ann Arbor, Michigan: Popular Culture, Ink,. 1991. Illustrated. 504 pp. Hardback. $55.00. Charles Panati. Panati's Parade Of Fads, Follies, And Manias: The Origins of Our Most Cherished Obsessions . New York: Harper Collins Publishers, 1991. Illustrated. 491 pp. Paperback. $13.00. Jimmy Guterman. Rockin' My Life Away: Listening To Jerry Lee Lewis . Nashville, Tennes‐see: Rutledge Hill Press, 1991. Illustrated. 233 pp. Hardback, $16.95. Barbara J. Pruett. Marty Robbins: Fast Cars And Country Music . Metuchen, New Jersey: Scarecrow Press, Inc., 1990. Illustrated. 601 pp. Hardback, $59.50. Wolfgang Mieder, Editor in Chief; Stewart A. Kingsbury and Kelsie B. Harder, Editors. A Dictionary of American Proverbs . New York: Oxford, 1991. Thomas Hischak. Word Crazy: Broadway Lyricists From Cohan To Sondheim . New York: Praeger Publishers, 1991. 264 pp. $19.95.