The Full History

N AT I O N A L R E V I E W/A P R I L 7, 2008

Eliot’s Criterion and Eliot to Dawson’s Dublin Review. For his part, Kirk wrote that his own understanding of Western his- tory was the result of having been “satu- rated in Dawson’s historical studies. . . . My own books reflect Dawson’s con- cepts.”

About the Author

James E. Person Jr.

Mr. Person is the author of Russell Kirk: A Critical Biography of a Conservative Mind and Earl Hamner: From Walton's Mountain to Tomorrow.

N AT I O N A L R E V I E W/A P R I L 7, 2008

Eliot’s Criterion and Eliot to Dawson’s Dublin Review. For his part, Kirk wrote that his own understanding of Western his- tory was the result of having been “satu- rated in Dawson’s historical studies. . . . My own books reflect Dawson’s con- cepts.”