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"Kate Lardner was an infant when her biological father died during World War II. The only father she knew was Ring Lardner Jr. -- her step-father as well as her uncle. She describes her life and augments it with letters between her parents and her parents' friends during the McCarthy era.
Lardner was a screenwriter who refused to name names before the HUAC. His emprisonment and blacklisting and its affect on his step-daughter as well as his family and professional relationships is described.
The book ends as Kate Lardner reaches maturity and concludes with Ring Jr.'s death."
ldpaulson, Resident Scholar
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Plot
Political/social rights fight
Yes
Plotlet:
- communists!!!!
Period of greatest activity?
- 1950+
Subject of Biography
Gender
- Female
Profession/status:
- student
Age:
- a kid
Is this an ordinary person caught up in events?
Yes
Ethnicity
- White
Nationality
- American (!)
How sensitive is this person?
- sensitive to others' feelings
Intelligence
- Average intelligence
Setting
How much descriptions of surroundings?
- 4 (a fair amount)
United States
Yes
The US:
- California
City?
Yes
City:
- Los Angeles
Century:
- 1960's-1970's
Style
Person
- rotating 1st
Book makes you feel?
- challenged
Is book humorous?
Yes
If humorous, kind of humor
- Dry-cynical
Commentary on society?
Yes
Commentary on
- capitalism
Writer's slant towards subject:
- favorable
Story of entire life, or part?
- story of set of events during life
Is this a biography of several people?
Yes
Autobiography?
Yes
Pictures/Illustrations?
- More 6-10 B&W
How much dialogue in bio?
- roughly even amounts of descript and dialog
A LOT of info about personal vices?
Yes
Lot of titilating info about love life?
Yes
How much of bio focuses on most famous period of life?
- 51%-75% of book
How much is philosophy rather than life story?
- 0-25% of book
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