American Dreamer
Subtitle: The Life and Times of Henry A. Wallace
By: John C. Culver & John Hyde.
Contributors: Hyde, John.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Norton
Published: 2000
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 608
Subjects: Wallace, Henry Agard, 1888-1965; Vice-Presidents -- United States -- Biography; United States -- Politics and government -- 1933-1945; United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953
Genres: Biography.
Description: "Henry Agard Wallace is a paradoxical figure. The son of prominent Midwestern Republicans, he would grow up to become the emblematic leftist politician of his time. Well known as a shy man, uncomfortable in the world of politics, Wallace only narrowly missed becoming president of the United States.

Beloved by millions as the Prophet of the Common Man, and reviled by millions more as a dangerous, misguided radical, Wallace lived in fractious times, and his historical legacy has become a topic of harshly polarized interpretations.".

"With American Dreamer, John C. Culver and John Hyde at last do justice to this infinitely complicated and controversial American. We are given Wallace the agriculturist of international renown, Wallace the prolific author, Wallace the groundbreaking economist, and finally Wallace the businessman whose company (eventually worth billions) paved the way for a worldwide agricultural revolution. But Culver and Hyde do more than investigate the complex personality of their subject.

They bring to life with novelistic intensity the pivotal era in which Wallace lived."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 567-580) and index.