Smith, Bernard

A World Remembered 1925-1950

Bernard Smith here recounts a personal memoir and radical interpretation of the tumultuous quarter-century which shaped present-day America. Radical newspaper editor, featured book reviewer, essayist, book editor, book author, motion picture executive, and film producer—Smith occupied positions throughout the period which made him a broad range of influential acquaintances and which enabled him to observe and experience the literary and political worlds about which he writes.