Second American Revolution and Other Essays 1976 - 1982

These nineteen essays richly confirm Gore Vidal's reputation as "e;America's finest essayist"e; (The New Statesman), and are further evidence of the breadth and depth of his intelligence and wit. Included here are his highly praised essays on Theodore Roosevelt ("e;An American Sissy"e;), F. Scott Fitzgerald, Edmund Wilson ("e;This Critic and This Gin and These Shoes"e;), the need for a new constitutional convention—as well as his controversial study of relations between the homosexual and Jewish communities ("e;Pink Triangle and Yellow Star"e;). Vidal's other subjects range from Christopher Isherwood to L. Frank Baum ("e;The OZ BOoks"e;), from the question of "e;Who Makes the Movies?"e; to the misadventures—religious and financial—of Bert Lance.