A Passion for Anonymity Louis Brownlow SIGNED Inscribed to Paul G Hoffman 1958

by louis brownlow

$150 · Offered by eBay

First edition · Signed

A Passion for Anonymity: The Autobiography of Louis Brownlow (Second Half) — SIGNED, Inscribed to Paul G. Hoffman Up for sale is a first edition of A Passion for Anonymity: The Autobiography of Louis Brownlow, Second Half (University of Chicago Press, 1958), the concluding volume of Brownlow's two-part memoir. Signed and inscribed by the author. The inscription reads: "For Paul G. Hoffman, with warm regard, Louis Brownlow, 20 March 1958." The book also bears a contemporary ownership stamp, dated March 24, 1958, with the initials "PGH" — Paul G. Hoffman's own stamp, confirming the book entered his library within days of being inscribed. A significant association copy. Louis Brownlow (1879–1963) was one of the most influential figures in the history of American public administration. As chairman of FDR's Committee on Administrative Management — the "Brownlow Committee" — his 1937 report led directly to the Reorganization Act of 1939 and the creation of the Executive Office of the President. The book's title comes from Brownlow's own famous description of the anonymous, dedicated civil servants who staffed FDR's administration. This copy is inscribed to Paul G. Hoffman, president of the Studebaker Corporation and the first Administrator of the Economic Cooperation Administration (ECA), which implemented the Marshall Plan — placing two towering figures of 20th-century American government administration in the same volume. Condition: First edition, with dust jacket present. Jacket

• Publisher: the university of Chicago press
• Year: 1958
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Very Good

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