Alan H Levy: 4 books
The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1920–1976
Political Passions, Women's Rights, and Congressional Battles
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1920–1976: Political Passions, Women’s Rights, and Congressional Battles, by Alan H. Levy, marks the first full biography of Bella Abzug. Abzug was one of woman in politics in mid- and late-twentieth-century America. Levy traces the New York City world of Russian-Jewish...
The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998
Electoral Failures and the Vagaries of Identity Politics
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
The Political Life of Bella Abzug, 1976–1998 is the second part of the first full biography of Bella Abzug. Alan H. Levy explores the political life of one of the most important women in politics in mid- and late-twentieth-century America. This second part takes up Abzug’s life from the point...
Reorganizing Our Universities
An Inside Look at What Continually Goes Wrong in Higher Education and What Can Be Done About It
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2006
Many books have been written outlining problems with higher education in America. Many have been written in broad strokes. Where specific, many others have tended to focus on some of the nation's most famous schools.The average American family sends their children not to the Ivy League but to less...
Rube Waddell
The Zany, Brilliant Life of a Strikeout Artist
Language: English
Release Date: July 10, 2000
George Edward "Rube" Waddell was one of the zaniest characters ever to play baseball. The legendary Connie Mack, who saw quite a few cards during his nearly seven decade stint in the majors, once observed that no other screwball he ever saw could hold a candle to Rube. Mack also said that...