Maraniss, David,

A good American family : the Red Scare and my father / David Maraniss. - First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition. - pages cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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

9781501178375 1501178377

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Maraniss, David--Family.
Maraniss, Elliott, 1918-2004.


United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.


Anti-communist movements--History--United States--20th century.


United States--Politics and government--1945-1953.

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