Yes to life : memoirs of Corliss Lamont / Corliss Lamont.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York : The Crossroads / Continuum Publishing Group, c1991.Edition: Revised editionDescription: 220 pages [8] pages of plates : illustrations ; 26 cmISBN:- 0826404774
- 001.3/092/4 B 19
- CT 275.L2575 A38
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BOOKS | Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks | CT 275.L2575 A38 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not For Loan | NPML20080021 |
Includes bibliographical references and index.
I Family background -- II School, college and marriage -- III First trip to the Soviet Union -- IV Basic beliefs -- V. Sports and recreation -- VI The myth of immortality -- VII The philosophy of humanism -- VIII The Mansfield saga -- IX Threat of assassination -- X Adventures in civil liberties -- XI Victory over Senator Joseph McCarthy -- XII The American Civil Liberties Union -- XIII Democratic Socialism -- XIV Marriage with variety -- XV Travels far and wide -- XVI American aggression against Vietnam -- XVII Trip to Communist China -- XVIII Epilogue
"Dr. Corliss Lamont vividly recounts a lifetime devoted to Humanism, civil liberties, and international peace. Included are accounts of his famous court battles against Senator Joseph McCarthy and the CIA and memories of such persons as Bertrand Russell, George Santayana, John Dewey, Anne Morrow Lindbergh, and Katharine Hepburn....He was director of the American Civil Liberties Union from 1932 to 1954 ...." -from back cover
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