A Good American Family: The Red Scare and My Father

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Intro; Dedication; Epigraph; Author's Note; Part One: Watching One Another; 1. The Imperfect S; 2. In from the Cold; 3. Outside the Gate; 4. Red Menace; 5. Wheelman Wood; 6. "Negro, Not Niggra"; 7. A New World Coming; 8. A Brief Spanish Inquisition; 9. The Runner; 10. Named; 11. Ace and Mary; 12. Fear and Loathing; Part Two: In a Time of War; 13. Something in the Wind; 14. Legless; 15. Know Your Men; 16. Why I Fight; 17. In the Blood; 18. The Power of America; Part Three: Trials and Tribulations; 19. The Virginian; 20. Foley Square; 21. Committee Men; 22. A Good American Family;-- A Good American Family powerfully evokes the political dysfunctions of the 1950s while underscoring what it really means to be an American. It is an unsparing yet moving tribute from a brilliant writer to his father and the family he protected in dangerous times. Intro Dedication Epigraph Author's Note Part One: Watching One Another 1. The Imperfect S 2. In from the Cold 3. Outside the Gate 4. Red Menace 5. Wheelman Wood 6. "Negro, Not Niggra" 7. A New World Coming 8. A Brief Spanish Inquisition 9. The Runner 10. Named 11. Ace and Mary 12. Fear and Loathing Part Two: In a Time of War 13. Something in the Wind 14. Legless 15. Know Your Men 16. Why I Fight 17. In the Blood 18. The Power of America Part Three: Trials and Tribulations 19. The Virginian 20. Foley Square 21. Committee Men 22. A Good American Family 23. March 12, 195224. The Whole Pattern of a Life 25. Witches or Traitors Part Four: Five Years 26. American Wanderers Epilogue: Second Acts Photographs Acknowledgments About the Author Notes Selected Bibliography Illustration Credits Index Copyright