7. The Confused and Fear-Ridden Temper of the Times

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Prologue ix
4. 1. Yours, for Fixing Up This World 1
5. 2. A Boy Never Gets over His Boyhood 11
6. 3. A Clasping of Hands Meant Everything 29
7. 4. The Best B-24 Pilot in the World 48
8. 5. I Would Have to Call Him a Progressive Agrarian 77
9. 6. America Was Born in Revolution against the Established Order 101
10. 7. The Confused and Fear-Ridden Temper of the Times 124
11. 8. What a Loss to History! 146
12. 9. Washington, DC 176
13. 10. The Apostle of Agriculture, Education, and Peace 203
14. 11. The Quest for the Senate 231
15. 12. Food for Peace 256
16. 13. We Are Determining the Priorities of Our National Life 286
17. 14. The Right Song for the Wrong Season 315
18. 15. The Cup of Peril Is Full 347
19. 16. But There Are Still People with Hope 379
20. 17. The Kind of Man the Future Must Have 412
21. Epilogue: Come Home, America 425
22. Acknowledgments 431
23. A Note on Sources 435
24. Abbreviations 437
25. Notes 439
26. Index 501
27. Backmatter 587