Not Forgotten: Elegies for, and Reminiscences of, a Diverse Cast of Characters, Most of Them Admirable

by George Weigel

The world is full of interesting people, and it has been George Weigel's good fortune to have known many such personalities in a variety of politics, religion, the arts and sciences, journalism, the academy, entertainment, and sports. In this collection of reminiscences and elegies, the best-selling author of the definitive biography of Pope Saint John Paul II remembers these men and women from inside the convictions that formed them. Whether he is sketching the lives of Nobel Prize–winning scientists, major league baseball managers, princes of the Church, television personalities, or history-making political leaders, Weigel tries to understand, and help readers understand, the deep truths of the human condition illuminated by each of these not-forgotten lives. Written with verve, insight, and an appreciation for the consequential lives that have touched his own,  Not Forgotten  fills out the autobiographical portrait that George Weigel began painting in  Lessons in My Unexpected Life with Saint John Paul II , while offering a backstage view of some of the men and women who have shaped the turbulent history of our times.  The 60 intriguing lives that he writes about are a wide diversity of unique characters and personalities, including  Albert Einstein , William F. Buckley , Flannery O'Connor , Franz Jägerstätter , John Paul II , Jackie Robinson , Charles Krauthammer , Sophie Scholl , Henry Hyde , James Schall , S.J. , Dietrich Von Hildebrand , Charles Colson , Fr Richard J. Neuhaus  and many more.

Genres: Catholic, Biography, History, Memoir

215 pages, Paperback

Published January 26, 2021

About the author

American author and political and social activist. Distinguished Senior Fellow of the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Weigel was the Founding President of the James Madison Foundation.

Each summer, Weigel and several other Catholic intellectuals from the United States, Poland, and across Europe conduct the Tertio Millennio Seminar on the Free Society in Krakow, in which they and an assortment of students from the United States, Poland, and several other emerging democracies in Central and Eastern Europe discuss Christianity within the context of liberal democracy and capitalism, with the papal encyclical Centesimus Annus being the focal point.

He is a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

Reviews

[Ted Hinkle · Rating 5 out of 5]

In NOT FORGOTTEN, esteemed Catholic author, George Weigel compiles insightful and compassionate eulogies for sixty-eight friends, mentors and associates who have touched his distinguished career. I found each essay to be unique and informative, weaving a thread into a biographical sketch of Weigel's own diversified life. Entertaining and illuminating read.