Not Forgotten: Elegies for, and Reminiscences of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable
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Not Forgotten: Elegies for, and Reminiscences of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable
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Overview
Whether he is sketching the lives of Nobel Prize–winning scientists, major league baseball managers, princes of the Church, television personalities, or history-making political leaders, Weigel tries to understand, and help readers understand, the deep truths of the human condition illuminated by each of these not-forgotten lives.
Written with verve, insight, and an appreciation for the consequential lives that have touched his own, Not Forgotten fills out the autobiographical portrait that George Weigel began painting in Lessons in Hope: My Unexpected Life with Saint John Paul II, while offering a backstage view of some of the men and women who have shaped the turbulent history of our times.
The 60 intriguing lives that he writes about are a wide diversity of unique characters and personalities, including Albert Einstein, William F. Buckley, Flannery O'Connor, Franz Jägerstätter, John Paul II, Jackie Robinson, Charles Krauthammer, Sophie Scholl, Henry Hyde, James Schall, S.J., Dietrich Von Hildebrand, Charles Colson, Fr Richard J. Neuhaus and many more.
Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781621644156 |
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| Publisher: | Ignatius Press |
| Publication date: | 01/26/2021 |
| Pages: | 215 |
| Sales rank: | 725,179 |
| Product dimensions: | 6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.80(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Preface 13
The Critical Arabist Fouad Ajami (1945-2014) 15
Hearing Rumors of Angels Peter L. Berger (1929-2017) 17
A Christian Gentleman in Washington James H. Billington (1929-2018) 21
Mother-Daughter Act Lindy Boggs (1916-2013) Cokie Roberts (1943-2019) 25
The Well-Dressed Astronomer Tycho Brahe (1546-1601) 29
The Courtly Shipbuilder Robert J. Breskovich (1926-1993) 32
Death with Real Dignity Don J. Briel (1947-2018) 34
Tte Publicist William F. Buckley, Jr. (1925-2008) 38
Enemy Become Friend Charles W. Colson (1931-2012) 41
The Trade Unionist William C. Doherty, Jr. (1926-2011) 43
The Overseas Brit and Sichuan Country Girl Audrey Donnithorne (1922-2020) 45
Leader of "The Few" Hugh Dowding (1882-1970) 50
Abraham Lincoln in Full Pontificals Avery Dulles, S.J. (1918-2008) 53
A Meaningful Cosmos Albert Einstein (1879-1955) 57
California Dreamin', Missin' the Real Thing Cass Elliott (1941-1974) Denny Doherty (1940-2007) 60
The Doolittle Raiders William Farrow (1918-1942) Dean Hallmark (1914-1942) Robert Meder (1917-1943) 63
The China Missioner Francis X. Ford, M.M. (1892-1952) 65
The Black Prince Bernardin Gantin (1922-2008) 67
A Cardinal Conquering Pain Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. (1937-2015) 70
The "Loud-Mouthed Irish Priest" Andrew M. Greeley (1928-2013) 75
James Madison Meets Frank Zappa Václav Havel (1936-2011) 78
The Clear-Eyed Phenomenologist Dietrich von Hildebrand (1889-1977) 81
The Exile Become National Hero Lubomyr Husar, M.S.U. (1933-2017) 84
The Majesty of the Rule of Law Henry J. Hyde (1924-2007) 88
The Last Adult Henry M. Jackson (1912-1983) 93
A Modern Martyr Franz Jägerstätter (1907-1943) 97
Conviction Changing History Pope Saint John Paul II (1920-2005) 100
The Broadness of a Gauge Pope Saint John Paul II (1920-2005) 105
The Negotiator Max Kampelman (1920-2013) 108
The Lutheran Catholic Pastor Leonard Klein (1945-2019) 110
The Great Pathologist of the Most Lethal Heresy Leszek Kolakowski (1927-2009) 114
Brightening Friday Mornings Charles Krauthammer (1950-2018) 117
A Blessing for the World Aaron Jean-Marie Lustiger (1926-2007) 119
Papal Bull Paul V. Mankowski, S.J. (1953-2020) 121
Number 89 Gino Marchetti (1926-2019) 124
A Good Man in a Tough Business John R. Miller (1938-2017) 127
The Great Catholic "What If?" Daniel Patrick Moynihan (1927-2003) 131
"Xavier Rynne" Francis X. Murphy, C.Ss.R (1915-2002) 133
Number 84 Jim Mutscheller (1930-2015) 136
The Portavoce Joaquín Navarro-Valls (1936-2017) 138
First Things First Richard John Neuhaus (1936-2009) 145
A Tzaddik for the World Michael Novak (1933-2017) 150
The Polish American Knight Jan Nowak-Jezioranski (1915-2005) 155
The Hillbilly Thomist as Apologist Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) 158
The Conscientious Washington Lawyer Robert C. Odle, Jr. (1944-2019) 161
K Street Evangelist Arne Panula (1946-2017) 164
An American Original Robert Pickus (1923-2016) 167
Cosmic Traveler Pioneer 10 (1972-) 172
Ferocity, Courage, and Grace Frank Robinson (1935-2019) 175
The Pioneer Jackie Robinson (1919-1972) 179
The Paradoxical Peacemaker Anwar Sadat (1918-1981) 182
The Old-School Jesuit James V. Schall, S.J. (1928-2019) 185
The Truth about Conscience Sophie Scholl (1921-1943) 188
He Had a Hammer (and Sickle) Pete Seeger (1919-2014) 191
The Best of a Troubling Clan R. Sargent Shriver (1915-2011) 194
Son-in-Law Robert Charles Susil (1974-2010) 196
The Homeric Manager Earl Weaver (1930-2013) 198
Mom Betsy Schmitz Weigel (1914-2009) 202
Dad George Shillow Weigel (1921-2004) 207
Literary Brilliance, with a Caveat Tom Wolfe (1930-2018) 211
The Storyteller Herman Wouk (1915-2019) 213
Acknowledgments 217
Sources 219
Photo Credits 222