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Overview
Howard's definitive biography of the woman who was one of the giants of the 20th century covers Mead's professional accomplishments, three marriages, intense friendships, and groundbreaking travels. 16-page photograph insert.Synopsis
At the age of 23, in the 1920s, Margaret Mead traveled alone to the South Seas and wrote, in her now classic Coming of Age in Samoa, of adolescent sexuality and guilt-free love. For the next half-century, Margaret Mead would act as a powerful participant and opinion maker in the largest issues of her time--culture and religion, education and child rearing, sex and freedom, world hunger, war, and the politics of peace.
Outrageous and extravagant, Mead was, in every sense of the word, spirited. Friendships and families of many kinds were at the core of her personal life, and she was both loyal and demanding with people, always challenging them to move in new directions.
An inveterate world traveler, a teacher at Columbia University, and curator of The Museum of Natural History, Margaret Mead wrote 34 books, made 10 films, was granted 28 honorary degrees and numerous awards. This intimate and fascinating story is an astonishing record of the personal and scientific life of an extraordinary human being.