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Wisdom :conversations with the elder wise men of our day /edited and with an introd. by James Nelson.

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  • Books and periodicals

GUSN

GUSN-273128

Description

273 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.

Details

Descriptive Terms

Biography 20th century.
Intellectual life.
20e siècle
Vie intellectuelle
Célébrité (Personne)

Originator

Nelson, James, ed.

Contents

Pablo Casals -- Robert Frost -- Sean O'Casey -- Edward Steichen -- Osbert Sitwell -- Louis Finkelstein -- Wanda Landowska -- John Hall Wheelock -- Macel Duchamp -- Bertrand Russell -- Jawaharlal Nehru -- Ernest Jones -- Carl Sandburg -- David Ben-Gurion -- Paul Tillich -- Herbert Hoover -- Frank Lloyd Wright -- Arnold Toynbee -- Igor Stravinsky -- Vannevar Bush -- Eamon De Valera -- Alfred P. Sloan, Jr. -- Walter Gropius -- Jacques Lipchitz.

Publication

New York : Norton

Description

273 p. : illus. ; 22 cm.

Notes

Includes bibliographies.

Call Number

GRO CB427 W55 1958

Edition

1st ed.

Variant Title

Wisdom (Television program)

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