Gilbert Harrisons memoir includes stories of his early family life in LosAngeles in the 1920s and 30s an astonishing description of his being thefirst of two Am... » 

Gilbert Harrisons memoir includes stories of his early family life in LosAngeles in the 1920s and 30s an astonishing description of his being thefirst of two Americans in Nagasaki after the bomb dropped and grippingaccounts of his role in starting the American Veterans Committee with itsattendant battles with the Communist party. There was work for EleanorRoosevelt a stint as part of an ecumenical religious organization and a brieftenure in the CIA. Of primary interest are his years as owner and editor of TheNew Republic magazine between 1954 and 1976 which put him at the center of awhos who of politics JFK Moe Udall Eugene McCarthy Adlai Stevenson HenryWallace and many more. «