Philadelphia: Patricians and Philistines, 1900-1950

ISBN-13: 9781138529786 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 300 str.

John Lukacs

Opis

An unorthodox historian known and respected for his work on the grand conflicts of nations and civilizations, John Lukacs has peopled a smaller canvas in this volume, with seven colourful figures who flourished in Philadelphia before 1950

Spis treści

1 Philadelphia, 1900

2 Boies Penrose Or The Conservative as Gargantua

3 Agnes Repplier Or The Writer in Solitude

4 Edward W. Bok Or Franklin Reincarnate

5 William Christian Bullitt Or The Rebel Philadelphian

6 George Wharton Pepper Or The Patrician as Pharisee

7 Owen Wister Or The Decline of the West

8 Albert Coombs Barnes Or The Methodist as Aesthete

9 Philadelphia, 1950

Bibliographical Notes

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O autorze

John Lukacs