Part Of Our Time: Some Ruins And Monuments Of The Thirties - Hardcover

Kempton, Murray

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1258320924 ISBN 13: 9781258320928

Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC, 2012

Synopsis

""Part of Our Time: Some Ruins and Monuments of the Thirties"" is a non-fiction book by Murray Kempton, published in 1955. The book is a collection of essays that explore the cultural, political, and social landscape of the 1930s in America. Kempton examines the events, personalities, and ideas that defined the decade, including the Great Depression, the rise of fascism, the New Deal, and the labor movement. He also delves into the lives of individuals who were influential during this time, such as Franklin D. Roosevelt, John Steinbeck, and Huey Long. The book is a reflection on the impact of the 1930s on American society and the lasting legacy of this era. With its insightful analysis and engaging prose, ""Part of Our Time"" is a valuable resource for anyone interested in American history and culture.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.

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From the Inside Flap

hed in 1955, Part of Our Time consists of ten incomparable "novellas" that profile individuals whose lives were transformed by the radical movements of the thirties. The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Murray Kempton writes of people who "shared at one time or another the conviction that the most important thing in life was a remorseless effort to throw down the society which had raised and alienated most of them." Included are portraits of Alger Hiss and Whittaker Chambers, Walter Reu-ther, Lee Pressman, Paul Robeson, Edmund Wilson, and James T. Farrell; the writers of the Hollywood left; as well as many now-forgotten labor leaders, politicians, and mobsters--all of whom were caught up in what the author calls "the myth of the thirties."
    "Part of Our Time is a striking piece of work," said The New Yorker. "Kempton is a journalist of formidable talent and versatility. He can be serious, he can be funny, he can be evocative. E

From the Back Cover

"In presenting his segments of history Kempton uses the technique of the novelist--and it comes off brilliantly. He succeeds in evoking the characters of the men and women he writes about, and he does what only the good novelist can do: he re-creates the atmosphere of the time in which they functioned and so forces the reader to inhabit a world which may be alien, dimly recalled, or long forgotten."
--The Nation

"Murray Kempton is the best we have, and better than we deserve."
--Joan Didion

"Murray Kempton is the greatest of newspapermen. . . . He is a moralist who does not preach; an artist who reports."
--David Remnick

Edition details

• Publisher: Literary Licensing, LLC
• Publication date: 2012
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1258320924
• ISBN 13: 9781258320928
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 344