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     name change from Alisa Rosenbaum to Ayn Rand,
19
,
301
n22

     NBI and,
196
,
222
.
See also
NBI

     non-fiction of,
16
,
59

         
Capitalism: The Unknown Ideal
,
228
–229

         
For the New Intellectual
,
192
–194

         
Introduction to Objectivist Epistemology
,
227
,
250

         
Manifesto of Individualism
,
60
–66,
68
,
70
–71,
83
–84,
106
,
113

         
Moral Basis of Individualism
,
106
,
111
,
114
,
123

         
The New Left: The Anti-Industrial Revolution
,
250
.
See also
environmentalism

         
The Romantic Manifesto
,
250

         
Textbook of Americanism
,
118
–119,
120

         
The Virtue of Selfishness
,
210
–213

     non-initiation principle,
118
,
212

     novels of.
See Anthem, Atlas Shrugged, The Fountainhead, We the Living

     parodies of,
282
–283

     patriotism of,
63
,
261

     philosophical writings, early efforts,
29
,
41

     philosophy of, after development of Objectivism,
186
,
211
,
250
,
336
n7.
See also
Objectivism

     plays of.
See Night of January
16
th

     political views,
69
,
79
,
204
–209.
See also
Goldwater, Barry; New Deal

     psychological ideas,
40
,
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,
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–154 .
See also
Nathaniel Branden

     race, views on,
44
,
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–206,
304
n14,
329
n42,
292

     reason, early attraction to,
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,
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,
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,
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,
84

     reason, mature interest in,
100
,
113
–114,
148
,
158
,
186

     religion, views on,
29
,
42
,
43
,
83
,
129
,
190
–191.
See also
atheism of

     resentment, theory of
13
,
46
,
172

     rights, theory of,
61
,
118
,
120
–123,
128
,
141
,
145
,
211
.
See also
Rose Wilder Lane

     romantic relationships before marriage of,
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–18,
22

     Russia,
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,
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,
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,
50
,
65

         early life in,
2
,
9
–19,

         emigration from,
17
–20

         as influence upon political views,
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–36,
38
,
49
,
117

         as literary inspiration,
31

     Russian Revolution,
1
,
15
,
18
,
31
,
135

     screenplays of,
27
,
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,
107

     sexuality, views of,
22
,
86
,
148
,
153
–154,
156
,
224
–227,
325
n42.
See also
feminism; rape

     social life of,
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,
13
,
21
,
30
.
See also
Collective

     temper of,
222
,
238
,
265

     university education of,
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–16

     unpublished fiction,
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,
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–25

     Vietnam, critique of,
228
–230

         writer’s block,
47
–48,
51
,
158
–160

Random House,
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–162,
165

rape, ctional depiction of,
28
,
86

Read, Leonard,
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–102,
115
–120,
132
,
141

Reagan, Ronald,
144
,
209
,
275

Reason
,
272

Rehnquist, William,
205

Reisman, George,
152
,
183
–184

Republican Party,
37
,
52
–54

RKO Radio Pictures,
26
,
27

Road to Serfdom
,
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–106,
112

Robespierre,
85

Robinson, Elsie,
36

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
37
–39,
48
–49,
53
–58,
94

Rorty, Richard,
280

Rosenbaum, Anna,
9
–12,
18
,
22
,
26
,
35
,
47
,
123

Rosenbaum, Natasha,
12
,
18
,
123

Rosenbaum, Nora,
12
,
18
,
123
,
273
–274

Rosenbaum, Zinovy,
9
–12,
18
,
47

Rothbard, Murray.
See also
Circle Bastiat

     break with Rand,
177
,
182
–184

     first meeting with Rand,
144
–145,
151
–153

     in libertarian movement,
218
,
256
–257,
268
,
337
n24

Rukavina, Mary Ann,
143
.
See also
Sures, Mary Ann

Ryskind, Morrie,
131

Schumpeter, Joseph,
72

Sciabarra, Chris,
291

Selfi shness.
See
Rand, Ayn, ethical theory of

Shakespeare, Monroe,
70
,
95

SIL.
See
Society for Individual Liberty

Simon, William,
279

Simons, Henry,
103

The Simpsons
,
282

Smith, Adam,
64
–65,

Snyder, Carl,
63
–64,
78

Social Security,
122

socialism,
34
,
45
,
49
,
60
,
142

Society for Individual Liberty,
257
–258,
266

Sokolsky, George,
69

Solzhenitsyn, Alexander,
273

Soviet New Economic Plan,
14
,
16

Spencer, Herbert,
16
,
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,
73
–74,
76
,
118

Spengler, Oswald,
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,
304
n13

Spiritual Mobilization,
102

St. Petersburg,
10
.
See also
Petrograd

Stalin, Joseph,
85

Steinbeck, John,
95

Stigler, George,
116
–118

Strachnov, Marie,
123

Strong, Anna Louis,
36

Sullivan, Louis,
44

Sumner, William Graham,
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–74,
76
,
87
,
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–89

Sures, Mary Ann,
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,
243
,
276

Sutton, Mimi,
31

Swanson, Gloria,
71

Taft, Robert,
120
,
145

Taft-Hartley Act,
102

Tennessee Valley Authority.
See
TVA

Thompson, Dorothy,
101

Thus Spoke Zarathustra
,
22
.
See also
Nietzsche, Friedrich

totalitarianism,
3
,
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,
61
,
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,
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,
106
,
112

Truman, Harry,
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Tuccille, Jerome,
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,
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,
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,
261

Turner, Ted,
214

TVA,
52

University of Chicago,
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,
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,
270
,
314
n11

Vidal, Gore,
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Vidor, King,
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,
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Villard, Oswald Garrison,
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Volker Fund,
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,
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,
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,
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Wales, Jimmy,
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Wallace, Henry,
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Wallace, Mike,
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,
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,
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–196

Wallis, Hal,
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–111,
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,
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Walsh, George,
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,
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Warner Brothers,
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Watkins, Ann,
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,
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Wayne, John,
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We
,
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We the Living
,
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,
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,
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,

     film and theater adaptations,
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,
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n67,
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n31

     publication and reviews,
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–34,
36
–39

     Rand’s 1967 revisions,
188
,
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n65,
325
n42

Weidman, Barbara. See Branden, Barbara

Welch, Robert. See John Birch Society

Willkie, Wendell

     influence of campaign on Rand,
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–63,
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,
78
,
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,
105

     presidential campaign of,
53
–57,
72
,

Whole Earth Catalog
,
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Wikipedia,
284

Wilder, Laura Ingalls,
119

Wilson, Millie,
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Wilson, Rosalie,
109

Wollstein, Jarrett,
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,
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Woods, Al,
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,
30
,
35
,
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Wortham, Anne,
250

Wright, Evan,
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Wright, Frank Lloyd,
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,
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,
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,
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–115,
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Wynand, Patrecia,
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–225,
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–241,
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,
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YAF,
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–203,
222
,
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–256

Yale University,
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Young Americans for Freedom.
See
YAF

Zamyatin, Evgeny,
50

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Contents

Introduction

PART I: THE EDUCATION OF AYN RAND, 1905 – 1943

1. From Russia to Roosevelt
2. Individualists of the World, Unite!
3. A New Credo of Freedom

PART II: FROM NOVELIST TO PHILOSOPHER, 1944 – 1957

4. The Real Root of Evil
5. A Round Universe

PART III: WHO IS JOHN GALT? 1957 – 1968

6. Big Sister Is Watching You
7. Radicals for Capitalism
8. Love Is Exception Making

PART IV: LEGACIES

9. It Usually Begins with Ayn Rand
Epilogue: Ayn Rand in American Memory

Acknowledgments

Essay on Sources

Notes

Bibliography

Index

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