"Christians Only" shows how all-encompassing anti-Jewish prejudice was in the 1930s: not just in elite law firms and country clubs, but in universities and in all manner of jobs. Even Jews sometimes discriminated against Jews: for example, Jewish-owned brokerage firms might limit opportunities for Jewish customers.

The book is as amusing as it is horrifying: one of the amusing stories, for example, is of a Jew named Louis Goldstein who sought to Anglicize his name. Unfortunately for him, his petition for a name change came up before -- Judge Louis Goldstein. (The petition was denied).

Heywood Broun was a writer for the Globe in New York, Pulitzer was his editor there.This book republishes some of his greatest articles "Sacco and Vanzetti" and also gives his impressiosn of love and life. Many high schoolers will appreciate his analysis of the short story, "The Fifty First Dragon" A tender book for the literary and a dream for the historian looking for primary research materials on the Gilded Age.