A More Goodly Country: A Personal History of America
John Sanford
(Author)
Jack Mearns
(Introduction by)
Description
Beginning in A.D. 1000 with Leif Ericson and ending with the dropping of the atomic bomb on Hiroshima in 1945, John Sanford (1904-2003), recipient of the PEN Award and the Los Angeles Times Lifetime Achievement Award, presents in poetic prose a searing personal history of the United States.
"It was, and it is, an unrelenting and accusatory book. No one who values his country can find its charges easy to bear-and yet I value my country, too, and the book was written only to make it better."
- John Sanford, in his preface to the 1982 Black Sparrow reissue of A More Goodly Country
Product Details
Price
$23.99
Publisher
Tough Poets Press
Publish Date
April 19, 2023
Pages
418
Dimensions
5.83 X 8.27 X 1.04 inches | 0.99 pounds
Language
English
Type
Paperback
EAN/UPC
9798218169176
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About the Author
John B. Sanford was a screenwriter and author who wrote 24 books. A one-time member of the Communist Party, after he and his wife Marguerite Roberts refused to testify to the House Un-American Activities Committee, they were blacklisted and unable to work in Hollywood for nearly a decade. He died in 2003 at age 98.
Jack Mearns is a professor of psychology at California State University, Fullerton. He has written extensively about John Sanford; he has also published essays about Robert M. Coates.
