George Santayana : A Biography, Paperback by McCormick, John, ISBN 0765805030, ISBN-13 9780765805034, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US McCormick (comparative literature emeritus, Rutgers U.) provides a new introduction to his biography of writer Santayana (1), who was born in Madrid and spent 40 years in the US and another 40 in Europe. The 1988 edition was published by Alfred A. Knopf. Annotation (c) Book News, Inc., Portland, OR ()