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Lewis H. Lapham (1935-2024) Writer, editor. Lewis H. Lapham was born in San Francisco, California, and died in Rome, Italy. He had worked as an editor at Harper’s Magazine for nearly three decades.

Full Name

Lewis H. Lapham

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1935

Birth

Lewis Henry Lapham II was born in San Francisco, California, on January 8, 1935.

1980

Literary Work

Fortune’s Child: A Portait of the United States as Spendthrift Heir
Doubleday
0385148879 / 978-0385148870
Nonfiction.

1989

Literary Work

Money and Class in America
Pan
0330306235 / 978-0330306232
Nonfiction.

1993

Literary Work

The Wish for Kings: Democracy at Bay
Grove Press
0802114466 / 978-0802114464
Nonfiction.

1995

Literary Work

Hotel America: Scenes in the Lobby of the Fin-de-Siecle
Verso
1859849520 / 978-1859849521
Nonfiction.

2002

Literary Work

Theater Of War
The New Press
1565847725 / 978-1565847729
Nonfiction.

2003

Literary Work

30 Satires
The New Press
1565848462 / 978-1565848467
Nonfiction.

2004

Literary Work

Gag Rule: On the Suppression of Dissent and the Stifling of Democracy
Penguin Press HC
1594200173 / 978-1594200175
Nonfiction.

2005

Literary Work

With the Beatles
Melville House
0976658321 / 978-0976658320
Nonfiction.

2006

Literary Work

Pretensions to Empire: Notes on the Criminal Folly of the Bush Administration
The New Press
159558112X / 978-1595581129
Nonfiction.

2016

Literary Work

Age of Folly: America Abandons Its Democracy
Verso
1784787110 / 978-1784787110
Nonfiction.

2023

Residence

New York County: Mr. Lapham had lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, New York, for many years.

2024

Death

Lewis H. Lapham died in Rome, Italy, on July 23, 2024.

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