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Book SynopsisA collection of word portraits of significant political, historical and literary figures by the columnist and Pulitzer Prize winner, Paul Greenberg. Among those who are discussed are Beckett, Gromyko, Fulbright, Lincoln, Orwell and Swaggart.
Trade ReviewIn an age when society and not the individual matters, how refreshing it is to come across a writer who examines the lives, styles and ideas of extraordinary individuals, good and bad, as insights to current history, as keys to unlock the mysteries of our own lives and reveal the codes of our times. * The Washington Times *
...offers a wonderful debunking of Ayne Rand...and files perceptive sketches of Fred Astaire, Cary Grant, I.F. Stone, Jimmy Swaggart and Rudolph Hess. * Publishers Weekly *
...Greenberg captures the essence of 50 contributors to politics, literature, and history in these short sketches, some of them obituaries, collected for the first time. Such diverse figures...appear, treated with a clarity and brevity characteristic of journalism at its best.... * Library Journal *
Startling in their insight, eloquent, and amazingly rich in detail, these 50 previously published essays truly do resonate the meaning. * Booklist *
...irresistable stories.... * Shreveport Journal *
