Herbert Agar
Herbert Agar | |
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Born | 29 September 1897 New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
Died | 24 November 1980 (aged 83) Sussex, U.K. |
Alma mater | Columbia University Princeton University |
Occupation | Historian |
Herbert Sebastian Agar (29 September 1897 – 24 November 1980) was an American journalist and historian, and an editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal.
Early life
Herbert Sebastian Agar was born September 29, 1897, in New Rochelle, New York to John G. Agar and Agnes Louis Macdonough.[1] He graduated from Columbia University in 1919 and received his master's degree from Princeton University in 1922 and Ph.D. in 1924.[2]
Career
Agar won the
distributist socioeconomic system.[4]
Agar's 1950 book The Price of Union was one of
Pulitzer Prize-winning Profiles in Courage (1956).[7]
Personal life and death
On June 8, 1945, Agar married Barbara Wallace, the daughter of the architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and the widow of Euan Wallace, a former British Minister of Transport.[8]
Agar died on November 24, 1980, in Sussex, England, where he had lived since World War II.[2]
Works
- Milton and Plato (1928)
- The People's Choice: From Washington to Harding — A Study in Democracy (1933) ISBN 978-0-9665734-0-4[9]
- Land of the Free (1935)[10]
- Who Owns America? A New Declaration of Independence (contributor and co-editor with
- The Pursuit of Happiness: The Story of American Democracy (1938)[12]
- A Time for Greatness (1942)[13]
- The Price of Union: The Influence of the American Temper on the Course of History (1950)[12]
- Abraham Lincoln (1952)[14]
- The Unquiet Years: U.S.A. 1945–1955 (1957)[15]
- The Price of Power: America Since 1945 (1957)
- The Saving Remnant: An Account of Jewish Survival Since 1914 (1960)[17]
- The Perils of Democracy (1965)[18]
- The Darkest Year: Britain Alone, June 1940 - June 1941 (1972)[19]
References
- ^ "JOHN G. AGAR, 79, LAWYER, IS DEAD; Ex-Member of Westchester County Park Board Once a Reform Leader Here". Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ a b "HERBERT AGAR DIES; AUTHOR AND EDITOR; Wrote Prolifically on the American Democratic Heritage--Won Pulitzer Prize in History A Champion of Democratic Ideals Correspondent and Columnist". Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Joshua P. Hochschild (2000). Review of Who Owns America?, First Things.
- ^ William Fahey (2002). Preface to Vincent McNabb, The Church and the Land (1926)
- ^ Favorite Books of President Kennedy[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The President's Desk, Page 2". Archived from the original on 2006-10-03. Retrieved 2010-08-19.
- ^ Ted Sorensen, Joanne J. Myers (2008). Counselor: A Life at the Edge of History (Private Lunch) Archived 2009-10-13 at the Wayback Machine, Carnegie Council for Ethics in International Affairs.
- ^ "COMDR. HERBERT AGAR TO MARRY IN LONDON". Retrieved 2016-11-30.
- ^ Agar, Herbert (1933-01-01). The People's Choice: From Washington to Harding; a Study in Democracy. Houghton Mifflin Comp.
- ^ Agar, Herbert (1935-01-01). Land of the Free. Houghton Mifflin.
- ISBN 9781882926374.
- ^ a b Agar, Herbert (30 November 1949). The Price Of Union. Houghton Mifflin Company.
- ^ Agar, Herbert (1942-01-01). A Time for Greatness. Little, Brown.
- ^ Agar, Herbert (1952-01-01). Abraham Lincoln. Collins.
- ^ Agar, Herbert (1957-01-01). The Unquiet Years: U. S. A. 1945-1955. Hart-Davis.
- ISBN 9780226009377.
- ^ Agar, Herbert (1962-01-01). The Saving Remnant: An Account of Jewish Survival. Viking Press.
- ISBN 9780802310019.
- ISBN 9780385045001.