The Early Ayn Rand
Contributors: Leonard Peikoff (Editor)
Publisher: Plume
Published: October 1, 1985
ISBN-13: 9780452257665
First sentence: In 1926, Ayn Rand was a twenty-one-year-old Russian immigrant to America struggling with her first short story in English; she was barely able to speak the language, let alone handle complex ideas or project a convincing hero.