Author: Vivian Gornick
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 178873551X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class.” So begins Vivian Gornick’s exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where ordinary men and women felt their lives connected to a larger human project. Now back in print after its initial publication in 1977 and with a new introduction by the author, The Romance of American Communism is a landmark work of new journalism, profiling American Communist Party members and fellow travelers as they joined the Party, lived within its orbit, and left in disillusionment and disappointment as Stalin’s crimes became public. From the immigrant Jewish enclaves of the Bronx and Brooklyn and the docks of Puget Sound to the mining towns of Kentucky and the suburbs of Cleveland, over a million Americans found a sense of belonging and an expanded sense of self through collective struggle. They also found social isolation, blacklisting, imprisonment, and shattered hopes. This is their story--an indisputably American story.
The Romance of American Communism
Author: Vivian Gornick
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 178873551X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class.” So begins Vivian Gornick’s exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where ordinary men and women felt their lives connected to a larger human project. Now back in print after its initial publication in 1977 and with a new introduction by the author, The Romance of American Communism is a landmark work of new journalism, profiling American Communist Party members and fellow travelers as they joined the Party, lived within its orbit, and left in disillusionment and disappointment as Stalin’s crimes became public. From the immigrant Jewish enclaves of the Bronx and Brooklyn and the docks of Puget Sound to the mining towns of Kentucky and the suburbs of Cleveland, over a million Americans found a sense of belonging and an expanded sense of self through collective struggle. They also found social isolation, blacklisting, imprisonment, and shattered hopes. This is their story--an indisputably American story.
Publisher: Verso Books
ISBN: 178873551X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 335
Book Description
“Before I knew that I was Jewish or a girl I knew that I was a member of the working class.” So begins Vivian Gornick’s exploration of how the world of socialists, communists, and progressives in the 1940s and 1950s created a rich, diverse world where ordinary men and women felt their lives connected to a larger human project. Now back in print after its initial publication in 1977 and with a new introduction by the author, The Romance of American Communism is a landmark work of new journalism, profiling American Communist Party members and fellow travelers as they joined the Party, lived within its orbit, and left in disillusionment and disappointment as Stalin’s crimes became public. From the immigrant Jewish enclaves of the Bronx and Brooklyn and the docks of Puget Sound to the mining towns of Kentucky and the suburbs of Cleveland, over a million Americans found a sense of belonging and an expanded sense of self through collective struggle. They also found social isolation, blacklisting, imprisonment, and shattered hopes. This is their story--an indisputably American story.
The Romance of King Arthur and His Knights of the Round Table
Author: Sir Thomas Malory
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435750829
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1435750829
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 598
Book Description
The Romance of London
Author: Gordon Home
Publisher:
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 98
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Category : London (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 98
Book Description
The Romance of Design
Author: Garnet Warren
Publisher:
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Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
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ISBN:
Category : Decoration and ornament
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
The Romance of Oklahoma
Author: Oklahoma author's club
Publisher:
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Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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Category : Oklahoma
Languages : en
Pages : 110
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The Romantic Shore
Author: Agnes Rothery
Publisher:
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Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
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Publisher:
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Category : Essex County (Mass.)
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton
Author: Lady Isabel Burton
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 828
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The Romance of Natural History
Author: Philip Henry Gosse
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 390
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Publisher:
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Category : Natural history
Languages : en
Pages : 390
Book Description
The Romance of An Old Fool
Author: Roswell Field
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752313420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Romance of An Old Fool by Roswell Field
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3752313420
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 54
Book Description
Reproduction of the original: The Romance of An Old Fool by Roswell Field
The romance of the English stage
Author: Percy Hetherington Fitzgerald
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 346
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