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- catalog abstract ""Schlesinger's personal story is ultimately the captivating history of America coming into its own as a world power. It includes a fondly remembered childhood in the Midwest; life in America of the Twenties; student days at Harvard, lived in the shadow of a distinguished father; Cambridge University in England in the twilight year between the Munich Pact and the start of World War II; the bitter debate in the United States in the months before Pearl Harbor; a stint overseas with the Office of Strategic Services; the fate of postwar liberalism, under attack from right and left; the origins of The Vital Center. Here is a dramatic evocation of the struggles, the questions, the paradoxes, and the triumphs that shaped our era." "Interweaving personal and national stories, Schlesinger conjures up the colorful details of everyday life, offering readers a rare and revealing window on both the private world of a notable American writer and the innocent beginnings of the American century."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog contributor b11822288.
- catalog created "2000-".
- catalog date "2000".
- catalog date "2000-".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "2000-".
- catalog description ""Schlesinger's personal story is ultimately the captivating history of America coming into its own as a world power. It includes a fondly remembered childhood in the Midwest; life in America of the Twenties; student days at Harvard, lived in the shadow of a distinguished father; Cambridge University in England in the twilight year between the Munich Pact and the start of World War II; the bitter debate in the United States in the months before Pearl Harbor; a stint overseas with the Office of Strategic Services; the fate of postwar liberalism, under attack from right and left; the origins of The Vital Center. Here is a dramatic evocation of the struggles, the questions, the paradoxes, and the triumphs that shaped our era." "Interweaving personal and national stories, Schlesinger conjures up the colorful details of everyday life, offering readers a rare and revealing window on both the private world of a notable American writer and the innocent beginnings of the American century."--BOOK JACKET.".
- catalog description "Backdrop -- The Twenties -- East from Iowa -- Midwesterners in Cambridge -- Life of a Reader -- The Thirties -- Prep School -- Round the World -- Harvard College: What I Did -- Harvard College: What I Enjoyed -- Harvard College: What I Learned -- The Twilight Year -- The Forties -- A Nation Divided -- On the Brink -- Washington at War -- Blowup at OWI -- Oh So Secret -- London 1944 -- War's End -- The Ages of Jackson -- Free Lance -- CPUSA vs. ADA -- Alarums and Excursions -- Back to Harvard -- 1948 -- Deals Fair and Unfair -- The Vital Center.".
- catalog extent "xv, 557 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0395707528".
- catalog issued "2000".
- catalog issued "2000-".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Boston : Houghton Mifflin,".
- catalog spatial "United States".
- catalog subject "973.91/092 B 21".
- catalog subject "E175.5.S38 A3 2000".
- catalog subject "Historians United States Biography.".
- catalog subject "Schlesinger, Arthur M. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007.".
- catalog subject "Schlesinger, Arthur M., Jr. (Arthur Meier), 1917-2007.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Backdrop -- The Twenties -- East from Iowa -- Midwesterners in Cambridge -- Life of a Reader -- The Thirties -- Prep School -- Round the World -- Harvard College: What I Did -- Harvard College: What I Enjoyed -- Harvard College: What I Learned -- The Twilight Year -- The Forties -- A Nation Divided -- On the Brink -- Washington at War -- Blowup at OWI -- Oh So Secret -- London 1944 -- War's End -- The Ages of Jackson -- Free Lance -- CPUSA vs. ADA -- Alarums and Excursions -- Back to Harvard -- 1948 -- Deals Fair and Unfair -- The Vital Center.".
- catalog title "A life in the twentieth century : innocent beginnings, 1917-1950 / Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.".
- catalog type "text".