About the Author

Milton Mayer (1908-1986) was an educator, journalist, and editor who worked with Robert Hutchins at the University of Chicago. A prolific writer, among his numerous works are What Can a Man Do? (1964) and If Men Were Angels (1972). John H. Hicks was Professor of English at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst until his retirement in 1986. Studs Terkel is a journalist and author of several best-selling oral histories. He was a student at the University of Chicago when Robert Hutchins was president.

Reviews

"Well documented, affectionate and objective memoir."--"Publishers Weekly