CSPAN2 Russell Kirk October 30, 2016
Bradley, 1953 publication of the conservative mind, what was the reception . Pretty incredible. Far more so than anybody wouldve expected. When it came out it came out in may of 1953. It took about a it took about a month for to catch on. Once i did it caught fire. Roughly 75 or 80 publications in the English Speaking world. Everything from the Chicago Tribune and the new york times, london types, times literary supplement, they all reviewed it, sometimes two or three times and going through the summer feeling like maybe they didnt do it justice the first time. So it caught fire in a way that ...