FIVE MILLION WORDS LATER

by Bruce Bliven ‧ RELEASE DATE: Oct. 1, 1970

1889 Iowa-born Bruce Bliven, a newspaperman from the time he was in college and for thirty years on the staff of The New Republic, has written a long, affable retrospective. True at times it's as plain as a Uneeda biscuit and he's not one to gainsay a cliche, but then his life spanned many decades of worthwhile interests and causes and literally hundreds of notable names pass in kindly review. The former might include his tireless pacifism and Sacco & Vanzetti and all-purpose liberalism; the latter Bernard Baruch or Russel Crouse, Robert La Follette or Stefansson; also Gandhi and Churchill after his retirement from the New Republic when he went on to become a correspondent for the Manchester Guardian, as well as an author of popular science books, a lecturer, etc. . . . . . . 150 words later, you will get the notion that he reflects a long era benevolently and that the memoir might share a partial readership of Arthur Krock's.

Pub Date: Oct. 1, 1970

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: John Day

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1, 1970

Categories: NONFICTION