tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post1413210249400332187..comments2024-02-29T02:16:45.679-08:00Comments on Gladly Lerne, Gladly Teche: Tragic, to be BluntJohn V. Fleminghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-43893288729749944542010-04-08T23:19:02.181-07:002010-04-08T23:19:02.181-07:00WWW.SANGAMBAYARD-C-M.COMWWW.SANGAMBAYARD-C-M.COMriteshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07135462344135612988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-74519039513999247472009-08-05T10:23:15.691-07:002009-08-05T10:23:15.691-07:00By the way, you should set up a link to the Amazon...By the way, you should set up a link to the Amazon page in your post for lazy people like me.Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650480849742306984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-37929390164288154602009-08-03T10:56:09.805-07:002009-08-03T10:56:09.805-07:00Me too. I've put it in the cart at Amazon.Me too. I've put it in the cart at Amazon.vanderleunhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10296245324443413545noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-48913761696889035802009-08-03T08:07:20.826-07:002009-08-03T08:07:20.826-07:00Okay, okay, I'll buy it! It really does sound ...Okay, okay, I'll buy it! It really does sound interesting.Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650480849742306984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-73695033122463002972009-07-31T10:10:53.264-07:002009-07-31T10:10:53.264-07:00A congruence of circumstances. I am and always wi...A congruence of circumstances. I am and always will be a medievalist interested in topics requiring a good deal of historical and theological study, as well as some competence in several difficult languages. These factors make them difficult of access to the intelligent general reader, as opposed to my fellow specialist scholars. Although I am continuing in my specialized writing as well, I was determined, upon retiring, to challenge myself to set off in a new direction and to attempt a “trade” book—that is, one published by one of the leading New York houses that aim at a broad general audience. In the introduction to my book, which has just become available at Amazon.com, I explain the serendipitous way I was led to the specific topic of anti-Communist literature. The subject of my book is a group of best sellers, some of which have now faded into oblivion, that had a big impact on the formation of public opinion in the 1940s and 50s. The books themselves are fascinating, but for each of them I was able as well to research what might be called a “back story”—that is, the history of their writing, publication, and early reception—that in each case was nearly as dramatic as the books themselves. The purpose of my book is explore some fascinating and forgotten episodes in book history rather than to impose my political opinions upon my readers; but it would be difficult to have read around the subject as deeply as I have without emerging with some quite definite ideas about Communism and those in America and elsewhere who professed and defended it.John V. Fleminghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17136533410768061217noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907071700721966011.post-41891408373189882012009-07-31T09:15:57.859-07:002009-07-31T09:15:57.859-07:00Your book sounds very interesting. What prompted y...Your book sounds very interesting. What prompted you to write it?Sparrowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09650480849742306984noreply@blogger.com