Some June Titles: John Lukacs’s new book, Philadelphia: Patricians & Philis-tinesy 1900-1950 (Farrar, $15), is a prismatic view of American society in the first half of the twentieth century, presented through critical and biographical portraits of Agnes Repplier, Edward W. Bok, William C. Bullitt, George Wharton Pepper, Owen Wister, Albert Coombs Barnes, and Boies Penrose.
The Glitter Dome (Morrow/Perigord, $12.95) is Joseph Wambaugh’s new novel. The plot concerns the murder of a filmcompany president.
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