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Author Maraniss, David, author.

Title A good American family : the Red Scare and my father / David Maraniss.

Edition First Simon & Schuster hardcover edition.
Publication Info. New York : Simon & Schuster, 2019.
Bookmark link: https://library.naperville-lib.org:444/record=b1942021~S1
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 Nichols Adult Nonfiction  320.9730904 MAR    AVAILABLE
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Description 416 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
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.
Summary "A personal story of the author's father's involvement in HUAC that offers a rich portrait of McCarthy era America"-- Provided by publisher.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Subject Maraniss, David -- Family.
Maraniss, Elliott, 1918-2004.
Anti-communist movements -- United States -- History -- 20th century.
United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities.
United States -- Politics and government -- 1945-1953.
ISBN 9781501178375 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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