A Life in Our Times Contributor(s): Galbraith, John Kenneth (Author) |
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ISBN: 0345303237 ISBN-13: 9780345303233 Publisher: Ballantine Books OUR PRICE: $25.65 Product Type: Paperback Published: April 1982 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Political - Business & Economics | Economics - General - Biography & Autobiography | Personal Memoirs |
Dewey: B |
LCCN: 80-02737 |
Physical Information: 1.17" H x 5.5" W x 8.5" (1.46 lbs) 576 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - 20th Century |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: The richly adventurous memoirs of one of the most dazzling public figures to dominate the American scene over the last decades "As a raconteur and a literary stylist he stands with the best. . . . As entertainment, the book is a total success."--The New York Times Book Review "Absorbing and irresistible."--The New Yorker "A highly perceptive commentary on all our yesterdays . . . anecdotal, amusing, animated and above all, illuminating."--John Barkham Reviews "An enjoyable book, full of fun, full of wisdom, and full of rare insights into the history of our times."--The New Republic "A delightfully teeming book . . . John Kenneth] Galbraith's comic voice is a distinctive and durable literary achievement."--Atlantic Monthly |