Old geezers tend to collect things: coins or stamps, memories or tall tales. Much to my wife’s dismay, I collect vintage copies of Life magazine, dozens of which are piled up in the basement of our home. Let me emphasize that I am a discriminating collector, my interest confined to the period between 1936, when the magazine first appeared, and 1952 (an entirely arbitrary cuto (...)
October 20, 2010
Books
God’s Chosen People
The PublisherHenry Luce and His American CenturyAlan BrinkleyAlfred A. Knopf, $35, 560 pp.
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