Winter 2006

The Gospel of You Can Do It

by James B. Twitchell

James B. Twitchell on a man who sold America the goods

THE MAN EVERYBODY KNEW:
Bruce Barton and the Making of Modern America.
By Richard M. Fried.
Ivan R. Dee.
286 pp. $27.50

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James B. Twitchell, a professor of English at the University of Florida, is the author of Living It Up: Our Love Affair With Luxury (2002), Branded Nation (2004), and many other works.
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