Bibliograph

On democracy, E.B. White ; edited by Martha White ; foreword by Jon Meacham

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On democracy, E.B. White ; edited by Martha White ; foreword by Jon Meacham

Language

eng

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

On democracy

Oclc number

1057245705

Responsibility statement

E.B. White ; edited by Martha White ; foreword by Jon Meacham

Summary

"Anchored by an introduction by Jon Meacham, this concise collection of essays, letters, and poems from one of this country's most eminent literary voices sheds much-needed historical context on the state of the nation and offers a ray of hope for the future of our society; for "as long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman ... the scene is not desolate.""--, Provided by publisher

Table Of Contents

Introduction by Jon Meacham -- High ambiguity -- Dissenting supreme court justice -- Statement of the foreign policy of one citizen of the United States (poem) -- Down with cake (poem) -- Controlled opinion -- Freedom of the air (and the right to silence ...) -- Political beneficiaries -- Now ... the judiciary -- I say to you, cheerio (poem) -- Standards of journalism -- Total moral resistance -- Freedom -- Intimations -- Treason, defined (when congress delays an issue) -- Crackpots -- The meaning of democracy -- Definition of fascism -- Preface to The wild flag -- No fooling -- Bill of human rights -- Right to work -- International justice system -- Pearl Harbor investigation (poem) -- Instructions to a delegate -- Spy system -- (The importance of) many newspaper owners -- Love among the foreign offices (poem) -- Dwindling ownership of the press -- Herald Tribune ("Hollywood ten" letters) -- Loyalty -- Spy (poem) -- Temple of democracy -- Death of the Sun -- The thud of ideas -- Not conforming to facts -- Murder of La prensa -- Discredit of others -- The ABC of security (poem) -- FCC background noise -- One hour to think -- Bedfellows -- Khrushchev and I (a study in similarities) -- Unity -- Burdens of high office (poem) -- Freedom of choice (Letter to the Weekly packet) -- Democracy is destructible (Letter to the Bangor daily news) -- Margaret Chase Smith (Letter to the senator) -- Carnegie commission on educational television (letter to Stephen White) -- Press must be free (Letter to the Bangor daily news) -- On hope (letter to Mr. Nadeau) -- Don't bet on it (letter to the Bangor daily news) -- The Xerox letters (letter to the editor of the Ellsworth American, and follow-up) -- Reverses of fortune -- Credits -- Index

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