A Rebel in Defense of Tradition: The Life and Politics of Dwight Macdonald.

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Description: This biography is a tale of an upper-middle-class white male who managed to jettison the prejudices and provincialism of his class, and become one of the most penetrating critics of mid-century American civilization. Dwight MacDonald was the founder of The Partisan Review, and editor of The New Yorker, Fortune and Esquire. His friends ranged from Hannah Arendt to Abbie Hoffman.
Casey Blake; Michael Wreszin
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