November 1974 Issue [The Easy Chair] The American hero is a pearl of great price Download PDF Adjust Share by Lewis H. Lapham, This article is only available as a PDF to subscribers. Download PDF Tags 1974-1977 20th century Conduct of life Heroes Leadership Politics and government Publicity United States More from Lewis H. Lapham Mists of Wish and Dream From the Editor’s Notebook that appeared in the June 1988 issue of Harper’s Magazine. The complete article—along with the magazine’s entire 173-year archive—is available online at harpers.org/archive. The news from… There’s Another Ex-President Who Needs to Be Arrested! Lewis Lapham discusses George W. Bush, the Iraq War, and democracy Death Is for Suckers Funeral Pyre, by Rockwell Kent © Plattsburgh State Art Museum, State University of New York. Bequest of Sally Kent Gorton. Purchased with the Lola Downin Peck Fund from the Carl… Adjust Share