In this reprint of the 1960 and 1989 editions, Christopher Hitchens, a Vanity Fair columnist and visiting professor of liberal studies at the New School, introduces a memoir of the unconventional British upbringing of Jessica Mitford (1917-1997). The muckraking journalist is best known for The American Way of Death (1963), her expoš of the funeral industry. Mitford family photos are included. Annotation 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
