- Taschenbuch: 386 Seiten
- Verlag: Nation Books (4. Januar 2004)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 1560255439
- ISBN-13: 978-1560255437
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 20,8 x 14,2 x 2,5 cm
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What do Norman Mailer, Robert Moses, Margaret Sanger, Bella Abzug, and Noam Chomsky have in common? They are all, in the words of this book's editor, "rebels, visionaries, revolutionaries, radicals, liberals, nonconformists, outsiders, insurgents, prophets, and pathfinders." So are Bob Dylan, I. F. Stone, Curtis Mayfield, and Sam Fuller, among the other Americans profiled in this collection of specially commissioned essays. The choices are appropriate: Pete Hamill, the journalist and novelist, writes about Norman Mailer. Film critic Jay Hoberman profiles director Sam Fuller. Music columnist Gene Santoro writes about Bob Dylan. The essays are miniature biographies, little life stories that get right to the point and tell us what's so great about this or that person. Any one of these "American rebels" could easily have an entire book written about them (and many have, of course), but it's impressive how much these talented essayists can tell us in such a limited amount of space. A theme collection that really works. David Pitt
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American Rebels is an anthology of specially commissioned essays by leading American writers that attempt to reconcile authentic patriotism with original artistic creation, unpopular opinion, and real moral principles that don't change with the winds. It includes rebels in politics, education, journalism, religion, literature, film, sports, music, law, popular culture, and social struggle. These are real rebels against conformity, commercialism, racism, oligarchy, the bogus conventional wisdom, stacked decks, and sacred cows. The Americans celebrated don't fit under any one ideology or party. They are too free-spirited to be categorized, belonging to a continuum of conviction and creation in our tangled national history. Some, like Walt Whitman, Bob Dylan, Marlon Brando, and Frank Sinatra, are famous. Others are less well known but have earned a broad appreciation; among them are Sam Fuller, Paul O'Dwyer, and Mike Harrington. Still others like Edward Abbey, Benjamin Mays, and Bill Hicks are almost cult figuresrevered by a small, intense following. Others have faded from memory, like Margaret Sanger and Clarence Darrow, and deserve a new shaft of sunlight. This groundbreaking collection includes original essays by Pete Hamill, Stanley Crouch, Budd Schulberg, Danny Goldberg, J. Hoberman, Patricia Bosworth, Tom Hayden, Steve Earle, and others.
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No Place for Non-Leftists...
26. November 2006
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Considering this book was affiliated with The Nation magazine, perhaps one should not be surprised that none of the people profiled in this book were not pro-socialism/communism/welfare statism. There are many other "American Rebels" of the 19th and 20th centuries who also challenged the status quo, such as Lysander Spooner, Ayn Rand, Camille Paglia, Murray Rothbard, Ron Paul, Harry Browne, Alex Jones and others who also deserve our attention.
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