The Inheritance: How Three Families and the American Political Majority Moved from Left to Right

From Simon & Schuster, The Inheritance is Samuel G. Freedman's exploration of how three families and America moved from Roosevelt to Reagan and beyond.

A saga covering more than eighty years of American history investigates how three obscure immigrant families made and unmade the Democratic majority and how their grandchildren eventually ended up as ardent Republicans.

Author: Samuel G. Freedman
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
Published: 03/25/1998
Pages: 464
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.30lbs
Size: 8.52h x 5.64w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780684835365

Review Citation(s):
New York Times 06/14/1998 pg. 32

About the Author
Samuel G. Freedman is a columnist for The New York Times and a professor at the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He is the author of six acclaimed books, four of which have been New York Times Notable Books of the Year. Freedman also has written frequently for USA TODAY, New York magazine, Rolling Stone, The Jerusalem Post, Tablet, The Forward, and Salon.com. He lives in Manhattan with his fiance and his children