Inscription of gratitude to Tony Harvey by author Junius Irving Scales on title page. Signature of author Richard Nickson also on title page. A clean and tight copy with a bit of top edge dust staining. Dust Jacket in a new Brodart cover.

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Title

Cause at Heart: A Former Communist Remembers

Publisher

University of Georgia Press

Publication Date

1987

Language

English

ISBN 10

0820308900

ISBN 13

9780820308906

Binding

Hardcover

Edition

1st Edition

Condition

Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition

Near Fine

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Hardcover. From the collection of Jessica Mitford. Signed by the author Junius Irving Scales and dedicated to Jessica Mitford and her husband Robert Treuhaft on title page ("For Decca and Bob, I hope this book may stir more fine old memories. With admiration and affection. Junius Irving Scales"). Includes jacket in transparent plastic sleeve. Page block head has some minor foxing. Content is clear throughout. Very good condition. TA

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"Scales's political life ... is beautifully described in this well written book. His scenes of prison life alone--where he won respect from his fellow inmates and jailers alike--make remarkable reading."

"Moving and memorable . . . It is the voice of a decent, idealistic man who spent eighteen years of his life in the Communist Party doing everything up to serving as district organizer for several Southern states, including North Carolina. And we don't hear a false note: he is telling us the truth, as he reveals his illusions and delusions, his weaknesses and his strengths, his passionate belief in his party and the Soviet Union, and all the nagging doubts as well. He spares us nothing. . . . An interesting document that helps to explain in no small measure the tragic attraction the strange and hydra-headed American Communist Party held for the many decent human beings who passed through its revolving doors."--William Herrick, "New York Times Book Review"

"Scales's political life . . . is beautifully described in this well written book. His scenes of prison life alone--where he won respect from his fellow inmates and jailers alike--make remarkable reading. . . . A memoir that is as outstanding for its literary quality as for its historical value."--"Monthly Review"

"Adds considerable richness both to the 'new' history of American communism and to our understanding of party members themselves. . . . "Cause at Heart" makes compelling reading, especially the discussion of Scales's arrest, trials, and prison experience, interwoven, as they are, with his reevaluation of the party."--"Journal of American History"

"Scales' memoir is the voice of an unassuming and decent but thoroughly disenchanted utopian. All the same, there are memorable moments throughout his book. . . . All of us need to be reminded again and again how politicians, the media and nearly everyone else were once frightened to challenge the authoritarians, bullies and opportunists during those dreadful years, especially those who tormented Junius Irving Scales."--"History News Network"

"Historians of the period will find useful descriptions here of the party's role in organizing, civil rights work and the war effort, of cadre training, sectarian infighting and, not least, of Scales's own U.S. government-produced show trial."--"The Nation"

"Scales has written a book of unique perception and value. It is must reading for anyone interested in the era of Joseph McCarthy, but is important for specialists in labor and civil rights history as well. . . . This thoughtful and introspective account provides extraordinary insight into the workings of the party, the critical events and persons of the era, and the personality of a man entranced by his messianic cause."--"Choice"

Scales's political life . . . is beautifully described in this well written book. His scenes of prison life alone--where he won respect from his fellow inmates and jailers alike--make remarkable reading. . . . A memoir that is as outstanding for its literary quality as for its historical value.--"Monthly Review"

Moving and memorable . . . It is the voice of a decent, idealistic man who spent eighteen years of his life in the Communist Party doing everything up to serving as district organizer for several Southern states, including North Carolina. And we don't hear a false note: he is telling us the truth, as he reveals his illusions and delusions, his weaknesses and his strengths, his passionate belief in his party and the Soviet Union, and all the nagging doubts as well. He spares us nothing. . . . An interesting document that helps to explain in no small measure the tragic attraction the strange and hydra-headed American Communist Party held for the many decent human beings who passed through its revolving doors.--William Herrick ""New York Times Book Review" "

Adds considerable richness both to the 'new' history of American communism and to our understanding of party members themselves. . . . "Cause at Heart" makes compelling reading, especially the discussion of Scales's arrest, trials, and prison experience, interwoven, as they are, with his reevaluation of the party.--"Journal of American History"

Scales' memoir is the voice of an unassuming and decent but thoroughly disenchanted utopian. All the same, there are memorable moments throughout his book. . . . All of us need to be reminded again and again how politicians, the media and nearly everyone else were once frightened to challenge the authoritarians, bullies and opportunists during those dreadful years, especially those who tormented Junius Irving Scales.--"History News Network"

Scales has written a book of unique perception and value. It is must reading for anyone interested in the era of Joseph McCarthy, but is important for specialists in labor and civil rights history as well. . . . This thoughtful and introspective account provides extraordinary insight into the workings of the party, the critical events and persons of the era, and the personality of a man entranced by his messianic cause.--"Choice"

Historians of the period will find useful descriptions here of the party's role in organizing, civil rights work and the war effort, of cadre training, sectarian infighting and, not least, of Scales's own U.S. government-produced show trial.--"The Nation"

--Monthly Review

--William Herrick "New York Times Book Review "

Adds considerable richness both to the 'new' history of American communism and to our understanding of party members themselves. . . . Cause at Heart makes compelling reading, especially the discussion of Scales's arrest, trials, and prison experience, interwoven, as they are, with his reevaluation of the party.

--Journal of American History

--History News Network

--Choice

--The Nation

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