TY - BOOK AU - Maraniss,David TI - A good American family: the Red Scare and my father SN - 9781501178375 AV - E743.5 .M36 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Simon & Schuster KW - Maraniss, David KW - Maraniss, Elliott, KW - United States KW - Congress KW - House KW - Committee on Un-American Activities KW - Anti-communist movements KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Politics and government KW - 1945-1953 N1 - 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 N2 - "A personal story of the author's father's involvement in HUAC that offers a rich portrait of McCarthy era America"-- ER -