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grey hardbound 8vo. 8º (octavo). dustwrapper in protective plastic book jacket cover. very fine cond. mint cond. looks new. like new. as new. binding square & tight. covers clean. edges clean. contents free of markings. dustwrapper in fine cond. couple of tiny nicks, not torn or price clipped. nice clean copy. no library markings or store stamps, no stickers or bookplates, no names, no inking , no underlining, no remainder markings etc ~. first edition so stated. first printing ( # 1 in # line). deckled foredge. b&w frontis. portrait. decorative title pg. xiv+567p. + about the author & colophon. abbreviation key. notes. selected bibliography. index. biography. philosophy. politics. american history. american literature. ~Known for her phenomenally bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, Ayn Rand was one of the twentieth century's fiercest, most controversial, and most influential champions of laissez~faire capitalism and individual rights. Her novels and essays have attracted tens of millions of readers, shaped the Libertarian movement, and influenced White House economic policy throughout the Ford, Reagan, and Bush administrations. She remains a powerful force in the political perceptions of Americans today. Yet twenty~five years after her death, her readers know little about her life. In this seminal biography, Anne C. Heller chronicles Ayn Rand's troubled childhood in Russia before and during the Russian Revolution, her lone arrival in America at the age of twenty~one, her apprenticeship as a screenwriter in Hollywood, and the courage and tenacity with which she produced her powerful and popular novels of ideas in the 1940s and 1950s. While most established writers of the time ridiculed her, young people flocked to her books and theories, forming an immense cult around her in the 1950s and 1960s. Heller vividly traces the development of the author's ideas, the hidden influences in her books, her tangled love life, and the rise and fall of her cult. Throughout, Heller brings new facts, new insight, and a fresh perspective to the dramatic story of Ayn Rand's life and work. Ayn Rand died in 1982. Based on original research from the Russian archives, scores of interviews with Rand's remaining family, acquaintances, colleagues, and followers, and previously unexamined archives of tapes and letters, Ayn Rand and the World She Made is a broad and enlightening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of recent history.
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