Insightful biographical sketches of a half-dozen noteworthy eccentric Philadelphians flourishing during the first half of the 20th Century. Particular admiration toward Agnes Repplier, William Bullitt, and Albert Barnes.
The imperious Boies Penrose had a superb grasp of elemental politics which he parlayed to national influence and a role in nominating two U.S. presidents. Agnes Repplier was an exquisite, perceptive, and witty essayist widely acclaimed during her lengthy career but undeservedly neglected since. The ebullient Edward Bok shaped 20th-Century American culture in an image he championed through his popular nationwide magazines. William Bullitt put his patrician background to good use as a skillful and dedicated diplomat with uncommon judgment of character and assessment of events. The moody Owen Wister translated the gallant cavalier into the image of the Western cowboy. The irascible Albert Barnes was a superb interpreter of historical and artistic trends, dedicated to educating the average citizen in primitive art appreciation.
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Insightful biographical sketches of a half-dozen noteworthy eccentric Philadelphians flourishing during the first half of the 20th Century. Particular admiration toward Agnes Repplier, William Bullitt, and Albert Barnes.The imperious Boies Penrose had a superb grasp of elemental politics which he parlayed to national influence and a role in nominating two U.S. presidents. Agnes Repplier was an exquisite, perceptive, and witty essayist widely acclaimed during her lengthy career but undeservedly neglected since. The ebullient Edward Bok shaped 20th-Century American culture in an image he championed through his popular nationwide magazines. William Bullitt put his patrician background to good use as a skillful and dedicated diplomat with uncommon judgment of character and assessment of events. The moody Owen Wister translated the gallant cavalier into the image of the Western cowboy. The irascible Albert Barnes was a superb interpreter of historical and artistic trends, dedicated to educating the average citizen in primitive art appreciation.
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Reviewed in the United States on March 25, 2013
Insightful biographical sketches of a half-dozen noteworthy eccentric Philadelphians flourishing during the first half of the 20th Century. Particular admiration toward Agnes Repplier, William Bullitt, and Albert Barnes.
The imperious Boies Penrose had a superb grasp of elemental politics which he parlayed to national influence and a role in nominating two U.S. presidents. Agnes Repplier was an exquisite, perceptive, and witty essayist widely acclaimed during her lengthy career but undeservedly neglected since. The ebullient Edward Bok shaped 20th-Century American culture in an image he championed through his popular nationwide magazines. William Bullitt put his patrician background to good use as a skillful and dedicated diplomat with uncommon judgment of character and assessment of events. The moody Owen Wister translated the gallant cavalier into the image of the Western cowboy. The irascible Albert Barnes was a superb interpreter of historical and artistic trends, dedicated to educating the average citizen in primitive art appreciation.
The imperious Boies Penrose had a superb grasp of elemental politics which he parlayed to national influence and a role in nominating two U.S. presidents. Agnes Repplier was an exquisite, perceptive, and witty essayist widely acclaimed during her lengthy career but undeservedly neglected since. The ebullient Edward Bok shaped 20th-Century American culture in an image he championed through his popular nationwide magazines. William Bullitt put his patrician background to good use as a skillful and dedicated diplomat with uncommon judgment of character and assessment of events. The moody Owen Wister translated the gallant cavalier into the image of the Western cowboy. The irascible Albert Barnes was a superb interpreter of historical and artistic trends, dedicated to educating the average citizen in primitive art appreciation.
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