JONATHAN SPIRO is a professor of history at Castleton State College in Vermont.
"Accessible and engaging . . . Spiro's biography recaptures an
important strain of early twentieth-century American thought and
reflects the complexity of its connections to other major ideas of
the period."-- "Pacific Historical Review"
"In spotlighting the connection between wildlife management and
eugenics, Spiro has put his finger on something important. The
obsession with improving breeding stock linked Grant with Hitler on
the right and with other more respectable eugenicists on the left,
including Margaret Sanger (who promoted birth control) and Theodore
Roosevelt (who hated it)."-- "The New Republic"
"In this exhaustively researched biography, Spiro masterfully
details Grant's ideas and accomplishments with wit and style. . .
.Grant has long deserved better than he has gotten from historians
and at long last Jonathan Spiro has given Madison Grant exactly
what he deserved."-- "Journal of the History of Biology"
"Spiro's text is organized by theme, sacrificing clear chronology
for a better grasp of Grant's pervasive influence--a worthwhile
trade that keeps the narrative comprehensive and enlightening,
peeling back layers of history to expose America's casual racism
and the disturbing ways American law set the precedent for Nazi
atrocities. A superb reintroduction to one of America's most
complex modern figures."-- "Publishers Weekly"
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