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Hecht's wide knowledge of the LaFarge family is put to good advantage in telling this story...a very good read. * Commonweal Magazine *
...provide[s] valuable insights...fascinating reading...careful and well-done work... meticulously researched and interestingly written, providing an excellent mixture of fact and analysis...[Hecht] display[s] a remarkable objectivity while exploring sensitive and controversial issues...separate[s] fact from opinion. The scholarship is outstanding...a valuable contribution to the reaction of the Church and Papacy to racism and anti-Semitism during the Nazi years while pinpointing the personality and policy differences between Pius XI and his successor, Pius XII. * The Catholic Historical Review *
...provides a...holistic account of his complex legacy... * Journal of American History *

An Unordinary Man A Life of Father John LaFarge

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      Publisher: Scarecrow Press
      Publication Date: 04/08/1996
      ISBN13: 9780810830943, 978-0810830943
      ISBN10: 0810830949

      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Trade Review
      Hecht's wide knowledge of the LaFarge family is put to good advantage in telling this story...a very good read. * Commonweal Magazine *
      ...provide[s] valuable insights...fascinating reading...careful and well-done work... meticulously researched and interestingly written, providing an excellent mixture of fact and analysis...[Hecht] display[s] a remarkable objectivity while exploring sensitive and controversial issues...separate[s] fact from opinion. The scholarship is outstanding...a valuable contribution to the reaction of the Church and Papacy to racism and anti-Semitism during the Nazi years while pinpointing the personality and policy differences between Pius XI and his successor, Pius XII. * The Catholic Historical Review *
      ...provides a...holistic account of his complex legacy... * Journal of American History *

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