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A good American family : the Red Scare and my father /

A personal story of the author's father's involvement in HUAC that offers a rich portrait of McCarthy era America.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Maraniss, David (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Simon & Schuster, [2019]
Edition:First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Subjects:
Maraniss, David > Family.
Maraniss, Elliott, > 1918-2004.
United States. > Congress. > House. > Committee on Un-American Activities.
Anti-communist movements > United States > History > 20th century.
United States > Politics and government > 1945-1953.
Table of 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.