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SVhen the time came for me to return home from
Chicago, I remembered that Carl Sandburg had once said
that Dallas had the worst newspaper coverage of books in
the country. I found that not quite true. Maybe he had
based that comment on the page in The Dallas Morning
News when it was edited by Dr.John McGinnis of Southern
Methodist University, who contended that nothing written
after 1900 was worth his time. The professor was, of course,
entitled to his opinion, but he certainly missed some very
good reading.
Fortunately he was succeeded by Lon Tinkle and
later Allen Maxwell, both also of Southern Methodist Uni-
versity, and then book reviewing in The Dallas Morning
News rose to a level of notable quality and was nationally
recognized. Today Robert Compton carries on a consis-
tently high standard.23
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Oppenheimer, Evelyn, 1907-. A Book Lover in Texas, book, 1995; Denton, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc28327/m1/36/: accessed May 21, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Press.