{"product_id":"anything-your-little-heart-desires-an-american-family-story-9780684838489","title":"Anything Your Little Heart Desires: An American Family Story","description":"\"A memorable and moving book about a man -- indeed, a family -- of Fritzgeraldian proportions -- a distinguished and gripping American saga\". -- Todd Gitlin, Chicago Tribune\u003cp\u003eThrough the prism of her father's life as a lawyer and well-known political activist, Patricia Bosworth sheds light on an important era in modern American history -- from the heady, hope-filled days of Roosevelt's New Deal to the dawn of the Cold War.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn the course of a remarkable career, Bartley Crum represented movie stars and labor leaders, advised presidents and presidential hopefuls, emerged as a key figure in the creation of Israel, and became a forceful voice for civil rights. But when his defense of the Hollywood Ten made him a target of the FBI's andcommunist hysteria, public pressures and personal demons brought his once-charmed life to a tragic end. Interweaving public and private vignettes, his daughter's memoir re-creates Crum's life and times with rare and moving honesty.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Consider this beautiful, saddening book on a par with Theodore Dreiser's An American Tragedy....It is an extraordinary document...written with blood and tears\". -- Carolyn See, The Washington Post Book World\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Extraordinary...as beautifully written as any memoir I have ever read\". -- Charles Kaiser, The New York Observer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Touchstone Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/08\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780684838489\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.26lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.48h x 5.60w x 1.09d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/12\/1998 pg. 32\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Patricia Bosworth","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":36639948898460,"sku":"9780684838489","price":23.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_7f008287-be30-435e-985f-668b36702a3b.jpg?v=1603850997","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/anything-your-little-heart-desires-an-american-family-story-9780684838489","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}