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Legacy of a False Promise: A Daughter's Reckoning
Margaret Fuchs Singer
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Description for Legacy of a False Promise: A Daughter's Reckoning
Hardcover. Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the US government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; BGA; HBT; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the U.S. government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Eventually he named names, and subsequently lost his job as a law professor at American University, and was blacklisted from teaching ever again. ""Legacy of a False Promise"" also details the author's quest as an adult to learn whether or not her parents ever spied for the Soviet Union. Based on ... Read more
Margaret Fuchs was thirteen in June 1955 when she learned that her parents had been Communists while working for the U.S. government in the 1930s and '40s. This book chronicles the years during which her parents were exposed and her father was subpoenaed before the House Un-American Activities Committee. Eventually he named names, and subsequently lost his job as a law professor at American University, and was blacklisted from teaching ever again. ""Legacy of a False Promise"" also details the author's quest as an adult to learn whether or not her parents ever spied for the Soviet Union. Based on ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Alabama Press
Condition
New
Number of Pages
360
Place of Publication
Alabama, United States
ISBN
9780817316747
SKU
V9780817316747
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Reviews for Legacy of a False Promise: A Daughter's Reckoning
Lively, personal, and a nice read.... I've worked with a number of red diaper babies all trying to come to terms with their parents' pasts, and I think Ms. Singer is to be congratulated for her persistence in writing this book and her forthrightness in telling her story and that of her parents. - R. Bruce Craig, Executive Director of ... Read more