Biographical Dictionary of the Left (4 Vol Set. Signed.)
Massachusetts: Western Islands, 1969.
First Consolidated Edition. Complete four-volume set. Dust jackets unclipped, showing handling wear, minor rubbing to the spine ends, and moderate toning across the set. Volume I features a minor cloth tear at the spine heel. Internal pages unmarked. Volume I is signed by the author, Francis X. Gannon.
Issued by Western Islands, the publishing vehicle of the John Birch Society, this comprehensive directory consolidates the society's extensive tracking dossiers from their early "Preview Series." A meticulously detailed, polemical ledger mapping out prominent mid-century American politicians, journalists, academic institutions, civil rights organizations, and labor groups viewed by the society as drivers of communist subversion or socialist infiltration. A vital source detailing the rhetorical heights of radical right-wing worldviews during the American Cold War.
Price: $200.00