A special edition hardcover in celebration of Ayn Randas centennial. When it was first published in 1943, "The Fountainhead"--containing Ayn Randas daringly original literary vision with the seeds of her groundbreaking philosophy, Objectivismawon immediate worldwide acclaim. This instant classic is the story of an intransigent young architect, his violent battle against conventional standards, and his explosive love affair with a beautiful woman who struggles to defeat him. This centennial edition of "The Fountainhead," celebrating the controversial and eduring legacy of its author, features an afterword by Randas literary executor, Leonard Peikoff, offering some of Ayn Randas personal notes on the development of her masterwork. aA writer of great power. She has a subtle and ingenious mind and the capacity of writing brilliantly, beautifully, bitterly.a --"The New York Times"

Ayn Rand chose Leonard Peikoff to be her successor as the spokesman for Objectivism. And in this brilliantly reasoned, thought-provoking work we learn why, as he demonstrates how far America has been detoured from its original path and led down the same road that Germany followed to Nazism. Self-sacrifice, Oriental mysticism, racial ?truth,? the public good, doing one?s duty--these are among the seductive catch-phrases that Leonard Peikoff dissects, examining the kind of philosophy they symbolize, the type of thinking that lured Germany to its doom and that he says is now prevalent in the United States. Here is a frightening look at where America may be heading, a clarion call for all who are concerned about preserving our right to individual freedom.