Come to Judgement

by Alden Whitman

First edition. Whitman, New York Times obituary writer, has selected the best of his pieces about famous Americans. These include Albert Schweitzer, J. Robert Oppenheimer, Bertrand Russell, Rockwell Kent, Bennett Cerf and many others. He is the creator of the now classic obituary form and the first to interview people before their death. xx, 373 pages. cloth, dust jacket.. 8vo..

Genres: Biography

373 pages, Hardcover

First published June 13, 1980

Reviews

[Terry]

This book gives biographies of about 30 people including Ho Chi Minh, Chiang Kai-Shek, Picasso, Chaplin, Schweitzer, and Haile Selassie. Their biographies are actually obituaries from the New York Times. They have in common that they lived long lives, they had a lot of fortitude to accomplish their destiny, and many were socialist minded. They all died in the 60s and 70s. An interesting collection!

[Lizzie]

York Times obituaries of the great and powerful. I’ve had it for a while, was sure I’d read it but apparently not. Whitman wrote obits from 1964 to 1976 and was the first to interview people for their own obituaries. He’s a good writer.
Interesting to read the biographies of people a bit before my time, like Albert Schweitzer and President Eisenhower, one of the first public deaths I remember. My dad explained about the flags at half staff. More information than you'd find on Wikipedia so a useful reference book, I think.

[Vincent Lombardo]

The correct title for this book is "COME TO JUDGMENT" and it is great!