"A memorable and moving book about a man -- indeed, a family -- of
Fritzgeraldian proportions -- a distinguished and gripping American
saga". -- Todd Gitlin, Chicago Tribune
Through the prism of her father's life as a lawyer and
well-known political activist, Patricia Bosworth sheds light on an
important era in modern American history -- from the heady,
hope-filled days of Roosevelt's New Deal to the dawn of the Cold
War.
In the course of a remarkable career, Bartley Crum represented
movie stars and labor leaders, advised presidents and presidential
hopefuls, emerged as a key figure in the creation of Israel, and
became a forceful voice for civil rights. But when his defense of
the Hollywood Ten made him a target of the FBI's andcommunist
hysteria, public pressures and personal demons brought his
once-charmed life to a tragic end. Interweaving public and private
vignettes, his daughter's memoir re-creates Crum's life and times
with rare and moving honesty.
"Consider this beautiful, saddening book on a par with Theodore
Dreiser's An American Tragedy....It is an extraordinary
document...written with blood and tears". -- Carolyn See, The
Washington Post Book World
"Extraordinary...as beautifully written as any memoir I have
ever read". -- Charles Kaiser, The New York Observer
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