AS WE ARE

by Henry- Ed. Brandon ‧ RELEASE DATE: March 17, 1960

These ""conversation pieces"" which are recorded interviews between ""The Man from the London Sunday Times"" and seventeen eminent Americans (with the exception of Peter Ustinov) were originally designed to allow ""Americans to explain themselves and their environment"". If they do not sharpen the American identity and scene, they actually accomplish much more -- as they provide a commentary of ideas, images, influences, values, and range over many phases of our cultural, creative, political and sociological activity: conformity; materialism; the American woman and the American ""Mom""; the artist, his intent and his incentive; the critic; the drama today and the novel; anti-americanism; automation; etc., etc. James Thurber brings ""a warm heart and an angry mind"" to bear on some assorted subjects; Von Braun discusses space, and Dr. Rabi, a member of Eisenhower's Scientific Advisory Committee discusses the science race; Nixon (in 1959) and Kennedy (in 1960) define their political stand; and Margaret Mead, Ben Shahn, Leonard Bernstein, Edmund Wilson, Marilyn Monroe and Arthur Miller, Frank Lloyd Wright, Herblock and Pogo, Reinhold Niebuhr, Norbert Weiner and Walter Reuther illumine the spheres of activity in which they have been engaged. A distinguished company indeed- and a pleasurable one as well, and in each case Mr. Brandon adds a personal introduction preceding the ""true to tape"" interview.

Pub Date: March 17, 1960

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Doubleday

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: March 1, 1960

Categories: NONFICTION