The Quick and the Dead

"The Quick and the Dead" is a masterful collection of biographical portraits by Gamaliel Bradford, a pioneer of the "psychographic" method of life-writing. In this work, Bradford moves beyond the traditional chronological narrative to focus on the inner motivations, temperament, and essential character of several of the most influential figures of the early twentieth century. By distilling the lives of his subjects down to their psychological core, Bradford provides a profound look at the h...