Heroes I have known; twelve who lived great lives / by Max Eastman ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Eastman, Max, 1883-1969.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Biography.

Physical Description:

xviii, 326 pages, 1 leaf : frontispiece, portraits ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Simon and Schuster, [1942]

Contents:

Introduction: Hero worship benign and diabolic.

The hero as parent: my most unforgettable character [Annis Ford Eastman]

The hero as agitator: a life portrait of Carlo Tresca.

Greek drama in Cleveland: the trial of Eugene Debs.

Heroism plus heroics: difficulties in worshiping Isadora Duncan.

Humor in goodness: the constitutional perfection of Art Young.

Mark Twain's Elmira: the influence of a great preacher [Thomas K. Beecher] and his parish.

France and her man of letters: an enthusiasm involving Anatole France.

Actor of one role: a character study of Charlie Chaplin.

Contribution to an apotheosis: John Reed and the Russian revolution.

Great in time of storm: the character and fate of Leon Trotsky.

Visit in Vienna: the crochety greatness of Sigmund Freud.

The hero as teacher: the life story of John Dewey.

Epilogue.

OCLC:

499357