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050	0	0	_aKF 373.A28 _bA32 1993
082	0	0	_a349.73/092 _aB _a347.30092 _aB _220
100	1		_aAbt, John J. _eauthor _92126
245	1	0	_aAdvocate and activist : _bmemoirs of an American communist lawyer / _cJohn J. Abt ; with Michael Myerson.
260			_aUrbana and Chicago : _bUniversity of Illinois Press, _c©1993.
300			_axviii, 311 pages : _billustrations ; _c24 cm.
500			_aIncludes index.
505	0		_a1. May Day child -- 2. In the New Deal maelstrom -- 3. At Hillman's side -- 4. Progressives -- 5. The case of a lifetime -- 6. Victories -- 7. Changes -- 8. Losses.
520			_a"Best known as the longtime chief counsel to the Communist Party of the United States, John Abt also was one of Angela Davis's first attorneys and the man Lee Harvey Oswald wanted to defend him after the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. In Advocate and Activist, John Abt and Michael Myerson provide a detailed account of a life that touched and was touched by the labor and left-wing political movements in the United States for nearly sixty years." -- from the dust jacket.
600	1	0	_aAbt, John J. _92126
650		0	_aLawyers _zUnited States _xBiography. _92127
650		0	_aCommunists _zUnited States _xBiography. _92128
700	1		_aMyerson, Michael, _d1940- _92129 _econtributor
700	1		_aBurnham, Margaret _eauthor of introduction, etc. _92130
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