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The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O´Hair
Bryan F. Le Beau
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Description for The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O´Hair
Paperback. This is the first full-length biography of Madalyn Murray O'Hair, America's most determined, most notable, and perhaps most denounced Atheist. Num Pages: 387 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: BG; HRQA5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 535.
The first biography of the colorful life Madalyn Murray O'Hair—America's most famous (and despised) atheist
In 1964, Life magazine called Madalyn Murray O’Hair “the most hated woman in America.” Another critic described her as “rude, impertinent, blasphemous, a destroyer not only of beliefs but of esteemed values.”
In this first full-length biography, Bryan F. Le Beau offers a penetrating assessment of O’Hair’s beliefs and actions and a probing discussion of how she came to represent both what Americans hated in their enemies and feared in themselves. Born in 1919, O’Hair was a divorced mother of two children born ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
387
Condition
New
Number of Pages
387
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780814751725
SKU
V9780814751725
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About Bryan F. Le Beau
Bryan F. Le Beau is Professor of History and Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at the University of Missouri, Kansas City. He is the author/editor of several books, including The Story of the Salem Witch Trail and Religion in America to 1865 (also available from NYU Press).
Reviews for The Atheist: Madalyn Murray O´Hair
"Clear-eyed and judicious."
The Women's Review of Books
"Le Beaus biography is the longer and better researched of two recently published lives of Murray."
The New Republic
"The Atheist belongs on the short shelf of books on American atheism, church-state relations, and school prayer"
The Journal of American History
"Le Beau offers an informative ... Read more
The Women's Review of Books
"Le Beaus biography is the longer and better researched of two recently published lives of Murray."
The New Republic
"The Atheist belongs on the short shelf of books on American atheism, church-state relations, and school prayer"
The Journal of American History
"Le Beau offers an informative ... Read more