TY - SER
AU - Alex Beam
CY - New York, NY
LA - English
N1 - Examines the Great Books "mania" of the 1950s and 1960s.

Contents:
The headwaters 
The odd couple 
The Great Books in the gray city 
Great Books good for you! 
The making of the books 
Faster, pussycat! Sell! Sell! 
Second verse not the same as the first 
The people of the book 
Epictetus at the cash register: Chicago and Columbia 
Hard core: St. John's College 
Among the bookies 
Dead books walking
PB - Public Affairs
PP - New York, NY
PY - 2008
SN - 9781586484873
EP - 245 pp.
TI - A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
ER -