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A Journal of the Plague Years By Stefan Kanfer Atheneum New York 1973 Dust jacket adds: A devastating chronicle of the era of the blacklist xi, [1], 306, [1] p.: eight unpaginated pages, containing fifteen illustrations; 21.5 cm. (8.5 inches). Blue cloth, with gilt-stamped spine title and blind-stamped front-cover initials of the author. Glossy, white, red, and black illustrated dust jacket, designed by Guy Fleming. Includes A Selected Bibliography, Index, and Brief Biography of the Author. Top page edges light orange. First Edition “A Journal of the Plague Years, like the Defoe novel for which it is named, follows the progress of a disease sweeping across an entire society. In this case, the society is show business and the plague is blacklisting – the destruction of performers and writers because of their alleged political beliefs (and disbeliefs). It is commonly held that the House Un-American Activities Committee was the author of the blacklist. A Journal of the Plague Years shows that the list had its seedy, obscure origins in the thirties and forties, in the F. Scott Fitzgerald days of Hollywood, long before Senator McCarthy and the HUAC rode herd on the liberal tradition. With new sources and anecdotes, Stefan Kanfer follows the blacklist’s high, arcing career through World War II and the Korean conflict to the early days of the Kennedy administration. Here are the adventures of the secular blacklisters, a forgotten group of admen, clearance specialists, private investigators and ex-FBI agents, who – together with a select group of senators and congressmen – loudly proclaimed the existence of a vast Red conspiracy. But, as A Journal of the Plague Years shows, the real conspiracy was on the right, depriving the innocent of jobs, bribing actors and writers to confess uncommitted sins and creating a climate of pervasive guilt” [from the dust jacket] ISBN: 689105193 Book is in Fine/As New Condition: pages bright, clean, tight, and unmarked. Dust Jacket is in Near Fine Condition: light wear to top edge of the spine. Copyright 2020 All text in this listing description is the sole property of Classic Books and Ephemera and may not be copied without permission from Classic Books and Ephemera. SHIPPING and HANDLING: The purchaser receives free media mail in the U.S. We ship all books in boxes, well protected, within 24 hours of the order (Monday – Saturday), always with tracking. We ship pamphlets, documents, broadsides, and booklets in rigid mailers, bagged and boarded, with added stiffener for protection, always with tracking and, where they are of light weight, the order is sent free within the U.S. by First Class mail We have been selling books and ephemera for about 17 years to satisfied customers on various venues, so buy with confidence. For international shipping costs see Ebay’s Shipping and Handling section below (click on the country and then click Update for cost to a specific country). For expedited domestic or international shipping prices, please contact us. BUYERS OF MULTIPLE ITEMS RECEIVE FREE SHIPPING IN THE U.S., FIRST CLASS OR MEDIA MAIL, DEPENDING ON WEIGHT. Payment Methods: Paypal is preferred. Ebay is also collecting state taxes where appropriate and will be paying those state taxes rather than the sellers. Guarantee: We guarantee that the book is as described or we will return the buyer’s money, if we are notified by email within 24 hours of receipt of the book. ALSO SEE ON EBAY OUR FINE SELECTION OF BOOKS, PAMPHLETS AND EPHEMERA IN OUR STORE, CLASSIC BOOKS AND EPHEMERA; CLICK ON THIS LINK: We use the condition terms established by AB Bookman’s Weekly and now slightly refined by IOBA: As New/Fine, Near Fine(minor defects), Very Good (small signs of wear), Good (average used book), Fair (complete text, but may lack endpapers, half-title), Poor (complete text but soiled, loose hinges, etc.) For an explanation of terms commonly used in book descriptions, contact us.