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Lebeau, Bryan F. Atheist: Madalyn Murray O'Hair
New York, New York, U.S.A. New York Univ Pr 2003 0814751717 / 9780814751718 Hard Cover Very Good + Very Good +
Very-good+, clean copy. NO remainder marks or price clippings. Number line: 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1. 387 pages. NO tears inside book. 22 pages have light writing. Does NOT interfere with reading. Synopsis "Clear-eyed and judicious." The Women's Review of Books "The Atheist belongs on the short shelf of books on American atheism, church-state relations, and school prayer."The Journal of American History "The Atheist is especially instructive today as issues of the separation of chruch and state continue to reverberate throughout our culture...well documented."BOOK LOOK "Le Beau offers an informative and melancholy portrait of self-promotion and folly."American Historical Review "Le Beau's biography is the longer and better researched of two recently published lives of Murray." The New Republic "O'Hair's story is especially instructive today as issues of the separation of chruch and state continue to reverberate throughout our culture." Crosswinds Weekly "Le Beau presents a well-rounded and thoughtful treatment of O'Hair's life and times, and his knowledge and research are evident throughout." Library Journal "Yet The Atheist is a rewarding book, for the sight of Le Beau, a Missourian and a thoroughly professional historian, at work. He assembles and evaluates sweeping detail, narrates lucidly, leaving you to choose your side." The Baltimore Sun "...thoughtful and vigorous portrait drawn of an extraordinary women." Journal of American Studies "Assessing O'Hair's legacy, Le Beau is skeptical, ungenerous and...mostly correct." Reason "Le Beau's skillful treatment of the issues of personality, public perception, and constitutional principle makes this books, if not required,then at least strongly recommended reading for all who are interested in issues of constitutional development." Journal of Church and State 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 out of wedlock. She launched a crusade against God, often using foul language as she became adept at shocking people and making effective use of the media in delivering her message. She first gained notoriety as one of the primary litigants in the 1963 case Murray v. Curlett which led the Supreme Court to ban school prayer. The decision stunned a nation engaged in fighting "godless Communism" and made O'Hair America's most famous and most despised atheist.
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