"The opening of the story proper with: 'Who is John Galt?' The bum in a desolate city street at twilight. The first sign of a city's disintegration. The afternoon uneasiness." Ayn Rand's early notes for a novel she called "The Strike," which would become her magnum opus, "Atlas Shrugged". In these unique journals, expertlly edited by physicist-philosopher David Harriman, Rand takes us through the planning stages, not merely of her fiction, but of the unprecedented philosophy which she later named Objectivism. A superb unread copy. Book #4101. $29. Many more Rand items, including handwritten manuscript pages from Atlas Shrugged, available. Seller Inventory # 000110