Memoirs of an Obscure ProfessorDuring the heyday of McCarthyism, the Chicago Tribune, offended by something he had written, contemptuously dismissed Paul Boller as "an obscure professor" - he was then teaching at Southern Methodist University in Dallas, Texas. Some forty-five years later, reflecting on the incident, Boller wrote an essay on what it was like to be an obscure professor at one of America's less publicized campuses in a conservative community during the late 1950s and early 1960s. That essay became the foundation for this collection of autobiographical selections reflecting the interests and pursuits of a man who gained national recognition, both inside the academic community and beyond, but still values his obscurity. Whether it is a study of the much-maligned Calvin Coolidge or an account of his Navy service as a translator of Japanese during World War II, Boller brings to his writing a fresh approach and a lively and wry wit. |
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Contents Acknowledgments Preface | |
Boller Paul | |
McCarthy Days in Texas | |
Handling the Japanese Language During World War II | |
The Sound of Silents | |
This Is Our Nation with J ean Tilford 1961 | |
H L Menckens Americana | |
The Quotatious Lyndon B Johnson | |
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