Steven J. Harper is a partner in the law firm of Kirkland and Ellis, LLP. He completed his undergraduate work at Northwestern University and received his law degree from Harvard. He is the author of Crossing Hoffa: A Teamster's Story.
"There are few great teachers in any generation. One such during
the second half of the twentieth century was Richard W. Leopold, a
professor of the history of American foreign policy Harvard and
Northwestern. Steven J. Harper has caught the spirit and tone of
Dick Leopold's life and career in this graceful, admiring biography
which aptly describes the stunning qualities of instruction,
academic citizenship, and professional scholarship that Leopold
exemplified in his distinguished career." --John Morton Blum,
Sterling Professor of History (emeritus) at Yale University and
author of The Republican Roosevelt, V was for Victory, and other
books
"We Americans today live too much in historical bubbles, protected
from the cleansing knowledge of time and man's history. And so, how
greatly we need this well-written and evocative book about one of
our greatest twentieth century teachers! Here, in the amazing and
inspiring life of Richard Leopold, a man impassioned by excellence,
we can see and feel one of the great and searching historic minds
of our time--and grapple with our past anew. Personally, I am
immensely comforted and inspired by this rare narrative of a man
who never bent the truth." --Georgie Anne Geyer, syndicated
columnist, Universal Press Syndicate, and author of Guerrilla
Prince, and other books
 |
Ask a Question About this Product More... |
|
