Rand grew up in St Petersburg before escaping to the US. When I was in the Russian city recently I came across these statues of Atlas (CLICK to enlarge):
St Petersburg - June 2006
Originally uploaded by David Farrer. 
Not only that, the statues are to found in Millionaire Street:
I wonder if Rand's inspiration for the title of her famous book came from her own hometown.
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avid B. Wildgoose
If I recall correctly the working title for Atlas Shrugged was (not surprisingly) "The Strike" and the actual title came quite late and was suggested by someone else.
14 September 2006, 08:05:50 GMT+01:00
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