ROOSEVELT AND HOPKINS (979 pp.)—Robert E. Sherwood—Harper ($6). On the evening of July 27, 1941, a skinny, sickly civilian clambered aboard a PBY Catalina at Invergordon, Scotland. His correct ...

Recently his ambition soared at the thought of playing the lead role of a hoofer in Robert E. Sherwood’s Idiot’s Delight, while his “idealism” was aroused by the play’s anti-war message.