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Title:
A good American family / David Maraniss.
Author:
Maraniss, David, author.
ISBN:
9781501178375
Personal Author:
Edition:
First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Physical Description:
416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
Contents:
The imperfect S -- In from the cold -- Outside the gate -- Red menace -- Wheelman wood -- Negro, not niggra -- A new world coming -- A brief Spanish inquisition -- The runner -- Named -- Ace and mary -- Fear and loathing -- Something in the wind -- Legless -- Know your men -- Why I fight -- In the blood -- The power of America -- The Virginian -- Foley square -- Committee men -- A good American family -- March 12, 1952 -- The whole pattern of a life -- Witches or traitors -- American wanderers -- Epilogue. second acts.
Abstract:
"A personal story of the author's father's involvement in HUAC that offers a rich portrait of McCarthy era America"-- Provided by publisher.
Reading Level:
Adult Brodart.
Publication Date:
2019
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