The apostate historians : how an excommunicated "cradle robber" and his anarchist child bride made history -- The people's professor : how a high-school dropout launched the great books movement -- Free-market evangelist : how a new dealer "turned" libertarian taught the everyman economics -- The longshoreman philosopher : how an unschooled hobo became a favorite of presidents and prime time -- Poet of the pulps.
Summary
Recounts the lives of working class people who were also intellectuals, and argues that today's society is less well read and spoken.
