No Regrets : Dr Ben Reitman and the Women Who Loved Him - Softcover

Carpenter, Mecca Reitman

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0965058409 ISBN 13: 9780965058407

Publisher: Southside Pr, 1999

Synopsis

The story of the legendary Ben Reitman, told by a daughter who dared explore her family's hidden past, searching in letters and family records for the secrets of her long-dead father, and the women (most famously, of course, Emma Goldman) who loved him.

About this title

From the Author:

Family secrets occur in many families. This book describes the numerous surprises I encountered while investigating the secrets of my own family. This book will encourage you to learn more about your own family history and not to be afraid of what you find.

From the Back Cover:

Emma Goldman, the great orator for independence and free love, felt herself "an abject slave" to her love for the wayward and often infuriating Reitman. Readers will be especially interested in the way Mecca Reitman Carpenter weaves Emma's story with his. -Candace Falk, author of Love, Anarchy, and Emma Goldman

The public Reitman-brash and swaggering; the private Reitman-unsure, at times tormented-it was all there for scrutiny. With passion, dedication, and a detective's eye, Mecca Carpenter has confronted her own past and that of her father. I enjoyed the book immensely. -Roger Bruns, author of The Damndest Radical

Ben Reitman's life was larger than life. It entwined down-and-out history, magisterial tramping, epochal labor battles, hobo lore, jail birding, charlatanry, medical pioneering, occasional Bible-thumping, free love, and satyriasis. -Studs Terkel

About this edition

• Publisher: Southside Pr
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0965058409
• ISBN 13: 9780965058407
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 212