Bibliograph

Ayn Rand and the world she made, Anne C. Heller

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Ayn Rand and the world she made, Anne C. Heller

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-540) and index

Illustrations

illustrationsplates

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Ayn Rand and the world she made

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

229027437

Responsibility statement

Anne C. Heller

Summary

A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s

Table Of Contents

Before the Revolution : 1905-1917 -- Looters : 1917-1925 -- Freedom to think : 1926-1934 -- We are not like our brothers : 1934-1938 -- The Fountainhead : 1936-1941 -- The soul of an individualist : 1939-1942 -- Money : 1943 -- Fame : 1943-1946 -- The top and the bottom : 1946-1949 -- The means and the end : 1950-1953 -- The immovable mover : 1953-1957 -- Atlas shrugged : 1957 -- The public philosopher : 1958-1963 -- Account overdrawn : 1962-1967 -- Either/or (the break) : 1967-1968 -- In the name of the best within us : 1969-1982

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