Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland
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| Year of Publication |
2007
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| Contributors |
Author:
Shirley A. Wiegand Author: Wayne A. Wiegand |
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| Number of Pages |
286 pp.
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| Publisher |
University of Oklahoma Press
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| City |
Norman, OK
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| ISBN |
9780806138688
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| Annotation |
Story of a 1940 FBI raid of the Progressive Bookstore in Oklahoma City that resulted in the arrest of twenty people. Includes reactions from librarians.
Contents:
Raids and arrests, August 1940
Communism comes to Oklahoma, 1917-1940
Bob and Alan on trial, October-December 1940
Both sides mobilize, August 1940- April 1941
Eli and Ina on trial, April-August 1941
Swells of protest, changing times, September 1941-September 1943
Aftermath
Epilogue
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