Reader's Digest Condensed Books; 1978 #1, Volume 117: Snowbound Six / The Summer of the Spanish Woman, Elephants in the Living Room / Bears in the Canoe / Arrest Sitting Bull / I Can Jump Puddles

by Richard Martin Stern, Catherine Gaskin, Earl Hammond

1978
Volume 117 - #1

Snowbound Six - Richard Martin Stern
The Summer of the Spanish Woman - Catherine Gaskin
Elephants in the Living Room, Bears in the Canoe - Earl & Liz Hammond with Elizabeth Levy
Arrest Sitting Bull - Douglas C. Jones
I Can Jump Puddles - Alan Marshall

574 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1978

About the author

Richard Martin Stern was an American novelist. Stern began his writing career in the 1950s with mystery tales of private investigators, winning a 1959 Edgar Award for Best First Novel, for The Bright Road to Fear.
He was most notable for his 1973 novel The Tower, in which a fire engulfs a new metal-and-glass frame skyrise. Stern was inspired to write the novel by the construction of the World Trade Center in New York City. Warner Brothers bought the rights to the novel shortly after its publication for roughly $400,000, and Stern's book, in combination with the novel The Glass Inferno by Thomas N. Scortia and Frank M. Robinson, was the basis for the movie The Towering Inferno, produced by Irwin Allen and directed by John Guillermin and featuring an all-star cast. The film, shot with a $14 million budget, earned more than $100 million at the American box office.
Stern was known mainly for his mysteries and disaster-related suspense. He died on October 31, 2001, after prolonged illness. He was 86.

Reviews

[Melinda · Rating 4 out of 5]

Enjoyed the first and the last books very much. I had previously read The Summer of the Spanish Woman and I don't much care for it. I just skimmed through Elephants in the Living Room, Bears in the Canoe and I skipped Arrest Sitting Bull.