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Alisa Rosenbaum (Russian)Russian lived in Saint Petersburg.Saint Petersburg largely non-observant Jews. Jews Rand's father was a successful pharmacist, owning his own pharmacy building Rand was twelve at the time of the Russian Revolution of 1917Russian Revolution of 1917 Rand's family life was disrupted by the rise of the Bolshevik party under Vladimir Lenin.BolshevikVladimir Lenin pharmacy was confiscated by the Bolsheviks family fled to the CrimeaCrimea Returned to Petrograd – family nearly starved

October 1924: graduated from college 1925 came to America 1929 married Frank O’Connor 1943 The Fountainhead 1957 Atlas Shrugged Objectivism: "the concept of man as a heroic being, with his own happiness as the moral purpose of his life, with productive achievement as his noblest activity, and reason as his only absolute." [ [

1991 survey conducted for the Library of Congress and the Book-of-the- Month Club: asked club members what the most influential book in the respondent's life was. Rand's Atlas Shrugged was the second most popular choice, after the Bible. 25 million copies sold as of 2007 [ another 800,000 sold in FAMOUS PEOPLE INFLUENCED BY RAND: - Mark Cuban: owner Dallas Mavericks - Neil Peart of Rush - Terry Goodkind - Cal Ripkin, Jr.

inspired by the death of the "Match King", Ivar KreugerIvar Kreuger takes place entirely in a court room and is centered on a murder trial man's ability to regard oneself as important and exist in a society where moral decay is ever prevalent

Do not hide behind such superficialities as whether you should or should not give a dime to a beggar. That is not the issue. The issue is whether you do or do not have the right to exist without giving him that dime. The issue is whether you must keep buying your life, dime by dime, from any beggar who might choose to approach you. The issue is whether the need of others is the first mortgage on your life and the moral purpose of your existence. The issue is whether man is to be regarded as a sacrificial animal.

Any man of self-esteem will answer: “No.” Altruism says: “Yes.” Rand in Our Culture