| Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story Contributor(s): Bosworth, Patricia (Author) |
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ISBN: 0684838486 ISBN-13: 9780684838489 Publisher: Touchstone Books OUR PRICE: $26.55 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 1998 Annotation: Through the prism of the life of her father--lawyer and well-known political activist Bartley Crum--Patricia Bosworth sheds light on an important era in modern American history--from the heady, hope-filled days of Roosevelt's New Deal to the dawn of the Cold War. of photos. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Lawyers & Judges - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Political |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 5.6" W x 8.48" (1.26 lbs) 416 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "A memorable and moving book about a man -- indeed, a family -- of Fritzgeraldian proportions -- a distinguished and gripping American saga". -- Todd Gitlin, Chicago Tribune Through the prism of her father's life as a lawyer and well-known political activist, Patricia Bosworth sheds light on an important era in modern American history -- from the heady, hope-filled days of Roosevelt's New Deal to the dawn of the Cold War. In the course of a remarkable career, Bartley Crum represented movie stars and labor leaders, advised presidents and presidential hopefuls, emerged as a key figure in the creation of Israel, and became a forceful voice for civil rights. But when his defense of the Hollywood Ten made him a target of the FBI's andcommunist hysteria, public pressures and personal demons brought his once-charmed life to a tragic end. Interweaving public and private vignettes, his daughter's memoir re-creates Crum's life and times with rare and moving honesty. "Consider this beautiful, saddening book on a par with Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy....It is an extraordinary document...written with blood and tears". -- Carolyn See, The Washington Post Book World "Extraordinary...as beautifully written as any memoir I have ever read". -- Charles Kaiser, The New York Observer |