Title: Tanenhaus' Biography of Chambers is excellent!
Product review: IMUS' flogging this biography ironically didn't do it justice. I went to Borders and B&N in December, '97, but couldn't get the book; finally getting it from our local llibrary after 3 months on waiting list, I couldn't put the book down. Tanenhaus indeed should have got the National Book Award for "WC, A Biography" rather than "Cold Mountain". N.B. Several curious errata in the book: 1) the word 'Anglophone' probably should be 'Anglophobe'; 2) New Hope, PA is described as 110 miles to Washington, DC; it's more accurately: 150 miles; 3) the Washington DC suburb where Chambers stays overnight just before the 1st HUAC hearing is Tacoma Park, MD -- not TaKoma Park, MD. These are surprising oversights for such a satisfying work.
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