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The AtheistBryan F. Le Beau
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The Atheist

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"In this first full-length biography of O'Hair, Bryan Le Beau offers a penetrating assessment of her beliefs and actions and a probing discussion of how she came to represent both what Americans hated in their enemies and feared in themselves. Born in 1919, O'Hair was a divorced mother of two children born out of wedlock. She launched a crusade against God, often using foul language as she became adept at shocking people and making effective use of the media in delivering her message. She first gained notoriety as one of the primary litigants in the 1963 case Murray v. Curlett which led the…

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FormatPublisherYearPagesISBN
EditionNew York University Press20033879780814765166
HardcoverNYU Press20033849780814751718
AtheistsBiographyAtheismRELIGIONBIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHYElectronic booksReligiousUnited states, biography