Description
Book SynopsisNovelist, columnist, cultural critic, political theorist-- Isabel Paterson was one of the most extraordinary personalities of the 1930s, renowned for her incisive wit and her unique interpretation of the American experience. The Woman and the Dynamo is the first biography of a woman who has long been a source of rumor and legend. From interviews, private papers, and her millions of published words, Stephen Cox weaves a narrative that brings Paterson vividly to life.
A radical individualist in both theory and practice, Paterson spent her early life on the Western frontier, lavished two years on formal education, set a record for high-altitude flight, became a journalist by accident, and made herself a fearless chronicler and conscience of New York literary life. At the same time, she made a permanent contribution to American political thought.
Paterson identified the fundamental issues at stake in the crises of the twentieth century and responded with an original
Table of Contents
1: The View from the Wing; 2: O Pioneers; 3: The Unsheltered Life; 4: Authorship and Exile; 5: A Matter of Style; 6: Queen Hatshepsut; 7: Then or Anywhen; 8: Never Ask the End; 9: Let It All Go; 10: Not Mad—But Atlantean; 11: The Principle of the Lever Remains the Same; 12: Spring Day, Too; 13: Implications of Individualism; 14: Others; 15: Attacks and Counterattacks; 16: War and the Intellectuals; 17: The Grand Perspective; 18: The Libertarians of ‘43; 19: The Mustard Seed; 20: The Committee of One Will Now Adjourn; 21: Completing the Circuit; 22: Friends; 23: The Heart and Soul; 24: Rays of Light
