A fine old conflict / Jessica Mitford.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Alfred A.Knopf, 1977.Edition: 1st editionDescription: xiv, 333 pages, [4] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 22 cmISBN:
  • 0394499956 :
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 335.43/092/4 B
LOC classification:
  • HX 84 .M55 A34 1977
Online resources:
Contents:
Chapter 1. Washington -- Chapter 2, San Francisco -- Chapter 3. Joining the CP -- Chapter 4. Every body a contact -- Chapter 5. Oakland -- Chapter 6. CRC Secretary -- Chapter 7. Intermission : Happy families -- Chapter 8. Mississippi -- Chapter 9. HUAC -- Chapter 10. Going home -- Chapter 11. Leaving the CP -- Chapter 12. Being an ex --
Lifeitselfmanship / with illustrations by Pele de Lappe.
Summary: "The famous, once-notorious, still-controversial writer and political activist chronicles her girlhood in England, her years with the American Communist Party, and her latter-day adventures as America's premier muckraker" -- online Summary: "In a book bursting with wit, heart, and joie de combat, "Decca" Mitford takes us into her life as a happy warrior -- from her feisty girlhood as one of the famous / notorious daughters of an eccentric British peer, through her years as a Red Menace (member of the American Communist Party during its salad days) and then as a (unrepentant) ex-Menace, to her incarceration as scourge and terror of the American Funeral Industry. We see her combat training, her childhood with her roaring father, Lord Redesdale ("one of the National Fascists"), her awesomely reserved mother, and her extraordinary sisters." -- from the book jacket
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BOOKS BOOKS Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library General Stacks HX 84 .M55 A34 1977 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan NPML21010011

Includes appendices.

Chapter 1. Washington -- Chapter 2, San Francisco -- Chapter 3. Joining the CP -- Chapter 4. Every body a contact -- Chapter 5. Oakland -- Chapter 6. CRC Secretary -- Chapter 7. Intermission : Happy families -- Chapter 8. Mississippi -- Chapter 9. HUAC -- Chapter 10. Going home -- Chapter 11. Leaving the CP -- Chapter 12. Being an ex --

Lifeitselfmanship / with illustrations by Pele de Lappe.

"The famous, once-notorious, still-controversial writer and political activist chronicles her girlhood in England, her years with the American Communist Party, and her latter-day adventures as America's premier muckraker" -- online

"In a book bursting with wit, heart, and joie de combat, "Decca" Mitford takes us into her life as a happy warrior -- from her feisty girlhood as one of the famous / notorious daughters of an eccentric British peer, through her years as a Red Menace (member of the American Communist Party during its salad days) and then as a (unrepentant) ex-Menace, to her incarceration as scourge and terror of the American Funeral Industry. We see her combat training, her childhood with her roaring father, Lord Redesdale ("one of the National Fascists"), her awesomely reserved mother, and her extraordinary sisters." -- from the book jacket

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