American odyssey : letters and journals, 1940-1947 / Wilhelm Reich ; edited by Mary Boyd Higgins, wi...
American odyssey : letters and journals, 1940-1947 / Wilhelm Reich ; edited by Mary Boyd Higgins, wi...
American odyssey : letters and journals, 1940-1947 / Wilhelm Reich ; edited by Mary Boyd Higgins, with translations by Derek and Inge Jordan and Philip Schmitz.
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New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
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Date
1999.
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N150.195092/R347/5
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English
German
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453 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
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Publisher
New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 1999.
Edition
1st ed.
Place of Publication
New York (State)
Date Published
1999.
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"I looked up every day from behind the bars to the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor. Her light shone brightly into a dark night." With these words, Wilhelm Reich described his experience as an "enemy alien" imprisoned on Ellis Island in the aftermath of the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor.
American Odyssey describes more than a period in the life of an embattled scientist. It illuminates the social and intellectual life of a country in a tumultuous time in history....
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American odyssey : letters and journals, 1940-1947 / Wilhelm Reich ; edited by Mary Boyd Higgins, with translations by Derek and Inge Jordan and Philip Schmitz.
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Direct continuation of the author's Beyond Psychology.
Includes index.
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N150.195092/R347/5
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74VvM4zWxpjA
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ISBN
0374104360 (alk. paper)
9780374104368 (alk. paper)
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150.195092
MMS ID
991007296099702626
