Henry Steele Commager

The American Mind: An Interpretation of American Thought and Character Since the 1880's

New Haven: Yale University Press, 1950. Hardcover. 8vo., 476 pp. First edition. Commager [1902-1998] was one of the most prolific American historians of his time, whose works helped define American liberalism. This work, one of his most famous, argues that the American mind is rational, secular and pragmatic, and consequently those whom he criticizes as 'irrationalists' - a broad church including Ernest Hemingway and Ezra Pound - are castigated as contrary to the American tradition. Near Fine in a Near Fine unlaminated dust jacket which has a couple of stains. Item #712202608

Price: $175.00