Without SinAcknowledgements
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Without Sin
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Spencer Klaw has written for Esquire, Harper's, American Heritage, and The New York Times Magazine, among other magazines and journals. He is the author of The New Brahmins: Scientific Life in America and The Great American Medicine Show. He lives in Connecticut with his wife, Barbara.
"First-class American historysustained, beautifully informed,
ironic in just the right places"
Alfred Kazin"An exceptionally fine work of popular history . . .
Klaw tells the story of this remarkable social experiment in
readable, engaging prose"
The Philadelphia Inquirer"Fascinating . . . a sympathetic,
detailed, and wonderfully well-told account."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer"A vivid portrait of a truly American
moment and community"
The Wall Street Journal"We beign to suspect that the real life and
identity of America lies in its uniqueand at time maddeningly
independentsearch for God and personal salvation and not in its
wars and generals and presidents. Spencer Klaw's brilliant and
poetic book illuminates magnificently one uch experiement. . . . An
exhilirating and disturbing portrait on the fault-line of the
American conscience."
Ken Burns
"First-class American history sustained, beautifully informed,
ironic in just the right places"
Alfred Kazin
"An exceptionally fine work of popular history . . . Klaw tells
the story of this remarkable social experiment in readable,
engaging prose"
The Philadelphia Inquirer"Fascinating . . . a sympathetic,
detailed, and wonderfully well-told account."
The Cleveland Plain Dealer"A vivid portrait of a truly American
moment and community"
The Wall Street Journal"We beign to suspect that the real life and
identity of America lies in its unique and at time maddeningly
independent search for God and personal salvation and not in its
wars and generals and presidents. Spencer Klaw's brilliant and
poetic book illuminates magnificently one uch experiement. . . . An
exhilirating and disturbing portrait on the fault-line of the
American conscience."
Ken Burns
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