The plainspoken memoirs
of "one of the giants of
American intellectual Hfe:'
FromWorld War I to the
present Sidney Hook has
been in the thick of nearly
every major political and
academic struggle. His
memoir Out of Step is both
an appealing personal
history - rich with anec–
dotes involving John
Dewey, Albert Einstein,
Max Eastman, Bertrand
Russell, Norman Thomas,
Bertolt Brecht, Arthur
Koestler-and a challeng–
ing commentary on the
great issues of our age.
-R.
EMMETT TYRRELL, JR.
" He has
lived
the
life
of the
mind
and
his memoir is a
history of the large ideas of
this century.'
-GEORGE
WILL
"Brilliant ... required read–
ing for those who care
about freedom:'
-JEANE J. KIRKPATRICK
'~n
outstanding book, a
key
to understanding our
century,
especially
the
century's
leading intel–
lectuals :'
- JEAN -
FRANc;OIS REVEL
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