Title: A Twentieth-Century Life: The Memoirs of Arthur Larson
Author: Arthur Larson
Publisher: Center for Western Studies
Copyright Date: 1997-04-01
ISBN: 093117063X
Type: Hardcover
Book condition: Fine
Jacket condition: Very Good +

Notes: Fine condition book in Very Good jacket. Book has pristine, unmarked text, square cover corners, and solid binding. Jacket is glossy with light surface rubbing and wear. Still looks quite good overall.

About the Book

From 1954 to 1958 Arthur Larson was Under Secretary of Labor, director of the United States Information Agency, and special assistant for speeches to President Eisenhower. From 1958 until his retirement, he was head of the World Rule of Law Center at Duke University, Durham, NC.

Arthur Larson's book reviews the high points of his career as a student, attorney, author, and public servant. A chapter of special interest is that on his study of workers' compensation law in America, how is came about, how it has fared, and where it seems to be going. Readers will find personal favorites among the many entertaining stories in the book - perhaps that of Arthur's courtship of Florence Faye Newcomb, whom he met in a high-school debate in Madison, SD, and later married; or the story of his winning of a First at Oxford, in part through pure chance; or the story of the strange set of circumstances that kept his photo off the front cover of "Time" magazine.