02188nam a22002297a 4500 BJBSDDR 20260512115208.0 ta 260512s2009 nyu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780385513999 spa BJBSDDR eng H477 2009 Heller, Anne C 48399 Ayn Rand and the world she made / Anne C. Heller New York : Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, 2009 xiv, 566 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm 5050 Before the Revolution : 1905-1917 Looters : 1917-1925 Freedom to think : 1926-1934 We are not like our brothers : 1934-1938 The Fountainhead : 1936-1941 The soul of an individualist : 1939-1942 Money : 1943 Fame : 1943-1946 The top and the bottom : 1946-1949 The means and the end : 1950-1953 The immovable mover : 1953-1957 Atlas shrugged : 1957 The public philosopher : 1958-1963 Account overdrawn : 1962-1967 Either/or (the break) : 1967-1968 In the name of the best within us : 1969-1982 Ayn Rand is best known as the author of the perennially bestselling novels The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. Altogether, more than 12 million copies of the two novels have been sold in the United States. The books have attracted three generations of readers, shaped the foundation of the Libertarian movement, and influenced White House economic policies throughout the Reagan years and beyond. A passionate advocate of laissez-faire capitalism and individual rights, Rand remains a powerful force in the political perceptions of Americans today. Yet twenty-five years after her death, her readers know little about her life. In this seminal biography, Anne Conover Heller traces the controversial author's life from her childhood in Russia during the Bolshevik Revolution to her years as a screenwriter in Hollywood, the publication of her blockbuster novels, and the rise and fall of the cult that formed around her in the 1950s and 1960s. Throughout, Heller reveals previously unknown facts about Rand's history and looks at Rand with new research and a fresh perspective. lcc 0 BK cmc 127057 127057 0 0 lcc 0 0 APT BJB BJB APT 2026-05-12 0 H477 2009 00000199788 2026-05-12 11:52:31 1 2026-05-12 BK