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"--