The Resource A good American family : the Red Scare and my father, David Maraniss
A good American family : the Red Scare and my father, David Maraniss
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The item A good American family : the Red Scare and my father, David Maraniss represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Mid-Continent Public Library.
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- Summary
- Elliott Maraniss, the author's father, a WWII veteran who had commanded an all-black company in the Pacific, was spied on by the FBI, named as a communist by an informant, called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952, fired from his newspaper job, and blacklisted for five years. Yet he never lost faith in America, and emerged on the other side with his family and optimism intact. In a sweeping drama that moves from the Depression and Spanish Civil War to the HUAC hearings and the end of the McCarthy era, Maraniss weaves his father's story through the lives of his inquisitors and defenders as they struggle with the vital twentieth-century issues of race, fascism, communism, democracy, and First-Amendment freedoms. This book powerfully evokes the political dysfunctions of the 1950s while underscoring what it really means to be an American. It is an unsparing yet moving tribute from a brilliant writer to his father and the family he protected in dangerous times
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
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- Part one: Watching one another. 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
- Part two: In a time of war. Something in the wind ; Legless ; Know your men ; Why I fight ; In the blood ; The power of America
- Part three: Trials and tribulations. The Virginian ; Foley Square ; Committee men ; A good American family ; March 12, 1952 ; The whole pattern of a life ; Witches or traitors
- Part four: Five years. American wanderers ; Epilogue: Second acts
- Isbn
- 9781501178375
- Label
- A good American family : the Red Scare and my father
- Title
- A good American family
- Title remainder
- the Red Scare and my father
- Statement of responsibility
- David Maraniss
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Elliott Maraniss, the author's father, a WWII veteran who had commanded an all-black company in the Pacific, was spied on by the FBI, named as a communist by an informant, called before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952, fired from his newspaper job, and blacklisted for five years. Yet he never lost faith in America, and emerged on the other side with his family and optimism intact. In a sweeping drama that moves from the Depression and Spanish Civil War to the HUAC hearings and the end of the McCarthy era, Maraniss weaves his father's story through the lives of his inquisitors and defenders as they struggle with the vital twentieth-century issues of race, fascism, communism, democracy, and First-Amendment freedoms. This book powerfully evokes the political dysfunctions of the 1950s while underscoring what it really means to be an American. It is an unsparing yet moving tribute from a brilliant writer to his father and the family he protected in dangerous times
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- LBSOR/DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Maraniss, David
- Dewey number
- 320.97309/04
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E743.5
- LC item number
- .M36 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Maraniss, David
- Maraniss, Elliott
- United States
- Anti-communist movements
- United States
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A good American family : the Red Scare and my father, David Maraniss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-398) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- text
- still image
- Content type code
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- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
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- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: Watching one another. 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 -- Part two: In a time of war. Something in the wind ; Legless ; Know your men ; Why I fight ; In the blood ; The power of America -- Part three: Trials and tribulations. The Virginian ; Foley Square ; Committee men ; A good American family ; March 12, 1952 ; The whole pattern of a life ; Witches or traitors -- Part four: Five years. American wanderers ; Epilogue: Second acts
- Control code
- on1099925965
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781501178375
- Lccn
- 2018030144
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Note
- 973.921 M325 ; XX-N ; [A18BP188, #19, 6@28.00, ES/ ] ; cnc 5/19.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) 1099925965
- (OCoLC)1099925965
- Label
- A good American family : the Red Scare and my father, David Maraniss
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [367]-398) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
-
- text
- still image
- Content type code
-
- txt
- sti
- Content type MARC source
-
- rdacontent
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Part one: Watching one another. 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 -- Part two: In a time of war. Something in the wind ; Legless ; Know your men ; Why I fight ; In the blood ; The power of America -- Part three: Trials and tribulations. The Virginian ; Foley Square ; Committee men ; A good American family ; March 12, 1952 ; The whole pattern of a life ; Witches or traitors -- Part four: Five years. American wanderers ; Epilogue: Second acts
- Control code
- on1099925965
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 416 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781501178375
- Lccn
- 2018030144
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- 973.921 M325 ; XX-N ; [A18BP188, #19, 6@28.00, ES/ ] ; cnc 5/19.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (Sirsi) 1099925965
- (OCoLC)1099925965
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