Ayn Rand and the World She Made by Anne Conover Heller

Ayn Rand and the World She Made by Anne Conover Heller

A New York Times Notable Book
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A San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year

Ayn Rand's books have attracted three generations of readers, shaped the Libertarian movement, influenced White House economic policies throughout the Reagan years and beyond, and inspired the Tea Party movement. Yet twenty-eight years after her death, readers know very little about her life.

In this seminal biography, Anne C. Heller traces the controversial author's life from her childhood in Bolshevik Russia to her years as a Hollywood screenwriter, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that worshipped her in the 1950s and 1960s. Based on original research in Russia and scores of interviews with Rand's acquaintances and former acolytes, Ayn Rand and the World She Made is a comprehensive and eye-opening portrait of one of the most significant and improbable figures of the twentieth century.

ANNE C. HELLER has written for such publications as Lear's, Mademoiselle, TriQuarterly, and Esquire. She is the former fiction editor of Esquire and Redbook, and a former executive editor at Conde Nast Publications. She lives in Manhattan.

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ISBN 13	9781400078936
ISBN 10	1400078938
Title	Ayn Rand and the World She Made
Author	Anne Conover Heller
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Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Random House USA Inc
Year published	2010-10-19
Number of pages	608
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