Ayn Rand and the world she made

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A comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century--from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Full title :Ayn Rand and the world she made / Anne C. Heller.

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Publication Date:©2009.
Edition:1st ed

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Nan A. Talese/Doubleday
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2009.

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Description:1 online resource

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ISBN:9780385529464, 0385529465
oclc:ocn496121201
LC Classification:PS3535.A547
Dewey Decimal:813/.52

Before the Revolution : 1905-1917 -- Looters : 1917-1925 -- Freedom to think : 1926-1934 -- We are not like our brothers : 1934-1938 -- The Fountainhead : 1936-1941 -- The soul of an individualist : 1939-1942 -- Money : 1943 -- Fame : 1943-1946 -- The top and the bottom : 1946-1949 -- The means and the end : 1950-1953 -- The immovable mover : 1953-1957 -- Atlas shrugged : 1957 -- The public philosopher : 1958-1963 -- Account overdrawn : 1962-1967 -- Either/or (the break) : 1967-1968 -- In the name of the best within us : 1969-1982.

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Biografie Biographical sources Biographies Biography BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Literary LITERARY CRITICISM -- American Novelists, American Novelists, American -- Biography -- 20t… Objectivism (Philosophy) Objectivisme (Philosophie) Philosophers Philosophers -- Biography. -- United St… Philosophes -- Biographies. -- États-Un… Rand, Ayn Romanciers américains -- Biographies. -… United States