Emilie Raymond, assistant professor of history at Virginia Commonwealth University, specializes in twentieth-century U.S. history, political and cultural history, women's history, and neoconservatism. This is her first book.
""From My Cold, Dead Hands is far more than a biography -- it is a
chronicle of the resurgence of American conservative thought and,
in particular, the birth of neoconservatism."" -- John Neal, Book
Babble
"As a history of Mr. Heston's leading role in political Hollywood,
Ms. Raymond's book is long overdue." -- Wall Street Journal
"Details the life of the Man of Big Roles and his use of celebrity
to influence the debate over moral and political issues." -- San
Diego Union-Tribune
"Emilie Raymond's meticulous research, insightful analysis, and
balanced prose convincingly argue that Charlton Heston's legacy as
a political activist and cultural warrior rivals his cinematic
fame... This book is a must-read for political scientists and
political historians." -- Southern Historian
"Heston was as much a bellwether in real-life politics as he was in
Hollywood biblical epics, according to this intriguing biographical
study." -- Publishers Weekly
"Heston's emergence into a major American political figure is
examined in this work that chronicles the resurgence of American
conservative thought and the birth of neoconservatism." --
Forecast
"Nothing is more common than Hollywood actors and actresses
preening themselves by adopting this or that fashionable cause.
Emilie Raymond's fine biography of Charlton Heston reminds us that
it was not always thus. Heston's political thought and action, and
his impact on American politics, deserve careful scholarly
treatment. Emilie Raymond has supplied it." -- Robert P. George,
McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence and Director of the James
"Presents the fascinating story of Hestons political journey from a
Democrat who marched for civil rights and was president of the
Screen Actors Guild to his status as Republican avatar." --
ForeWord Magazine
"Raymond performs some solid historical work and presents some
eminently reasonable conclusions... Raymond's most estimable
achievement is in illuminating Heston's pre-ideologue days, not
only as a commendably early participant in the civil rights
movement, but as a member of the National Council for the Arts from
1967 and as president of the Screen Actors Guild from 1965 to
1971." -- Cineaste
"Raymond provides compelling histories of Hollywood unions, federal
arts disputes and civil rights debates that Heston got tangles up
in... Raymond successfully illuminates Heston's personal philosophy
and his relationships with historical figures, and she highlights
points of departure for what is now broadly considered the
'cultural wars'." -- Style Weekly
"Recounts film icon Charlton Heston's transformation from on-screen
Moses to off-screen neoconservative moral crusader." -- Library
Journal
"The study of conservative movements and figures is one of the most
important trends in American historical scholarship during recent
years. This book makes a contribution to that work by studying an
important but neglected figure on the Right and tracing the odyssey
of his intellectual conversion to conservative politics and his
activism in the Republican Party and the gun rights movement." --
Allan J. Lichtman, American University
"Traces Heston's evolution from civil rights marcher and LBJ
supporter to neoconservative and president of the National Rifle
Association. It argues convincingly that Heston's fundamental
values never really changed." -- Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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