Anti-Intellectualism in American Life - Richard Hofstadter 1963 Alfred A Knopf First edition HB Youngman Carter The sources of the texts

The sources of the texts are documented in the preface

The Man from the Shadow Ridge

such as "Robin Hood and the Bishop of Hereford"

From the Author's Note: I don’t know whether I ought to offer an apology for this collection which has more to do with life than with letters

for three years

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life - Richard Hofstadter 1963 Alfred A Knopf First edition HB Youngman Carter The sources of the textsCondition: Good: Good condition for a used book! Some wear. See images for the condition of this book. First edition stated Blurb: Anti intellectualism in American Life was awarded the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in Non Fiction. It is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not merely to portray the scorners of intellect in American life, but to say something about what the intellectual is, and can be, as a force