Download or read book American Dreamer written by John C. Culver and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2000 with total page 702 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The son of prominent Midwestern Republicans, Henry Agard Wallace became the emblematic leftist politician of his time. A man ill at ease in the world of politics, Wallace nevertheless came close to becoming president of the United States. He was beloved by millions as the Prophet of the Common Man and yet reviled by millions more as a dangerous, misguided radical.