A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books, Alex Beam. New York: PublicAffairs, 2008. Summary: Beam narrates the story of the Great Books movement from its beginnings with John Erskine, Robert Hutchins and Mortimer Adler, to the publication of The Great Books by Britannica and rise of Great Books groups, the “core wars” and the remnants of this movement still hanging on today. … [Read more...] about Book Review: A Great Idea at the Time, by Alex Beam