A Life in the Twentieth Century (Magill’s Literary Annual 1991-2005)
At a glance:
- Author: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
- First Published: 2000
- Type of Work: Autobiography
- Time of Work: 1917-1950, with occasional comments from the author’s perspective in 2000
- Setting: Ohio, Iowa, New York, Boston, Washington, D.C., England, France
- Principal Characters: Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr., Arthur Schlesinger, Sr., Elizabeth Harriet Schlesinger, Marian Cannon Schlesinger, Bernard De Voto, Reinhold Niebuhr, Ed Prichard, John Kenneth Galbraith, Philip Graham, Joseph Alsop
- Genres: Nonfiction, Autobiography
- Subjects: 1950’s, New York, United States or Americans, France or French people, Twentieth century, Europe or Europeans, New York City, 1940’s, World War II, Ohio, 1910’s, 1920’s, 1930’s, Washington, D.C., Historians, Presidents, Iowa, England
- Locales: New York, NY, France, Boston, MA, Ohio, England, Washington, D.C., Iowa
In his eighty-fourth year, Arthur Schlesinger, Jr., has published an account of the first generation of his energetic and brilliant career as historian, political activist, and occasional journalist. His memoir assembles an astoundingly large cast of talented mentors and colleagues, public servants, and famous acquaintances. It shows the author moving from success to success with, so far in his life, no disappointments, irresistible obstacles, or personal griefs.
Schlesinger’s paternal grandfather, a German-born Jew, migrated to the United States in 1860 and fell in love with...
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