Hiss Tell

Author : Lewis Hartshorn
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2013-07-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781476602813

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Alger Hiss, Whittaker Chambers and the Case That Ignited McCarthyism by Lewis Hartshorn Pdf

This is a consensus-challenging history of the Alger Hiss-Whittaker Chambers controversy of 1948 to 1950, a criminal case in which Hiss was convicted of perjury after two long trials. Chambers claimed that Hiss had passed classified State Department documents to him in 1937 and 1938 for transmittal to the Soviet Union. Hiss denied the charges but was found guilty at his second trial (the jury could not reach a decision in the first). Hiss was not charged with espionage because of the statute of limitations. The main focus of this narrative concentrates on the early months of the affair, from August 1948 when Chambers appeared before the House Committee on Un-American Activities and denounced Hiss and several others as underground Communists, to the following December when Hiss was indicted for perjury. The truth emerges as the story unfolds, based in part on grand jury records unsealed by court order in 1999, leading to the conclusion that the stories Whittaker Chambers told the authorities and later published about himself and Alger Hiss in the Communist underground are completely fraudulent.

Author : Doreen Rappaport
Publisher : StarWalk Kids Media
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-01
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781623341909

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The Alger Hiss Trial by Doreen Rappaport Pdf

A reconstruction of the Alger Hiss trial, using testimony from edited transcripts of the trial, during which the reader can assume the role of juror. Newly updated 2012.

Author : G. Edward White
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2004-03-11
Category : History
ISBN : 0195348400

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Alger Hiss's Looking-Glass Wars by G. Edward White Pdf

For decades, a great number of Americans saw Alger Hiss as an innocent victim of McCarthyism--a distinguished diplomat railroaded by an ambitious Richard Nixon. And even as the case against Hiss grew over time, his dignified demeanor helped create an aura of innocence that outshone the facts in many minds. Now G. Edward White deftly draws together the countless details of Hiss's life--from his upper middle-class childhood in Baltimore and his brilliant success at Harvard to his later career as a self-made martyr to McCarthyism--to paint a fascinating portrait of a man whose life was devoted to perpetuating a lie. White catalogs the evidence that proved Hiss's guilt, from Whittaker Chambers's famous testimony, to copies of State Department documents typed on Hiss's typewriter, to Allen Weinstein's groundbreaking investigation in the 1970s. The author then explores the central conundrums of Hiss's life: Why did this talented lawyer become a Communist and a Soviet spy? Why did he devote so much of his life to an extensive public campaign to deny his espionage? And how, without producing any new evidence, did he convince many people that he was innocent? White offers a compelling analysis of Hiss's behavior in the face of growing evidence of his guilt, revealing how this behavior fit into an ongoing pattern of denial and duplicity in his life. The story of Alger Hiss is in part a reflection of Cold War America--a time of ideological passions, partisan battles, and secret lives. It is also a story that transcends a particular historical era--a story about individuals who choose to engage in espionage for foreign powers and the secret worlds they choose to conceal. In White's skilled hands, the life of Alger Hiss comes to illuminate both of those themes.

Author : Laura Wright,Alexandra Ivy
Publisher : Laura Wright & Alexandra Ivy
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2015-02-23
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780986064173

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Angel/Hiss by Laura Wright,Alexandra Ivy Pdf

Books 13 & 14 of the USA Today Bestselling Series! ANGEL Dr. Angel Savary is dedicated to his skills as a Healer. After the death of his mother, he’s determined never to fail another Pantera. But when he’s kidnapped by a human female, he discovers that her brutal past offers the answers he’s been seeking. Even more astonishing, she stirs his cat with a ruthless need to claim her. Suddenly, he realizes there’s more to life than duty. Indy’s life has been one of grim survival. The last thing she wants is the distraction of a lover. Until she captures Angel. The Pantera is stunningly gorgeous and sexy as hell. Unfortunately, she hasn’t captured him to fulfill her fantasies. As much as she might ache with the need to give in to their mutual passion, he’s the only hope she has of saving the child she’s rescued from a ruthless enemy who threatens to destroy them all. HISS Caged like the beast he is, Hiss—former Hunter and traitor to the Pantera—has accepted his fate as a tortured prisoner in the hideous experimentation lab known as the Sub. In fact, he wishes death would come more quickly. Until he connects with the female in the cage beside him, that is. As he helps his fellow captive through her pain and her nightmares, she forces him to envision the possibility of forgiveness after the hell he’s wrought on his kind. But when their captors plan to use her in their brutal breeding program, Hiss has no choice but to attempt a risky escape. Stunning and fierce, Gia used to be a water Hunter in her shifter sect before she was abducted and tossed in the lab for blood drains, and worse. Threatened with a hopeless future as a lab brood mare, escape seems like her only possibility for survival. After refusing to give herself to the breeding program, she escapes with Hiss to his Wildlands. Giving Hiss her heart and her loyalty in the face of the Pantera’s overwhelming guilt, all she expects in return is his honesty. But when she wakes up one morning to find him gone, will she too deem him a traitor to their love?

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1004 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Communism
ISBN : UCAL:B4915631

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July 31, August 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 17, 18, 20, 24, 25, 26, 27, 30; September 8 and 9, 1948 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Aug. 7, 17, 18, and 30 hearings were held in NYC. Focuses on alleged communist activities of former State Department employee Alger Hiss, pt. 1.

Author : United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 894 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1948
Category : Communism
ISBN : MINN:31951T00446075Y

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July 3l-Sept. 9, 1948 by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1448 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1956
Category : Communism
ISBN : UCAL:B5203608

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Scope of Soviet Activity in the United States by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary Pdf

Author : Alger Hiss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 682 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1949
Category : Trials (Perjury)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105063729300

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United States of America, Appellee, Against Alger Hiss, Appellant by Alger Hiss Pdf

Author : Anna Banks
Publisher : Feiwel & Friends
Page : 928 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2016-01-12
Category : Young Adult Fiction
ISBN : 9781250110244

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The Syrena Legacy by Anna Banks Pdf

Anna Banks’s Syrena Legacy is a romantic fantasy young adult trilogy that follows the love story of Emma and Galen. In Of Poseiden, Galen, the mermaid prince of the underwater kingdom of Syrena, travels to land in order to find a girl who is said to be able to communicate with fish. There he meets Emma, a girl who he has an immediate connection with and who may be the key to saving his kingdom. As the series continues, Emma finds that she has connections to the undersea world that put her at odds both with mermaids and with humans. With the help of Galen, she has to work to reconcile the two worlds in order to continue her life in peace. “A refreshing story filled with vibrant characters, feisty humor, and an irresistible romance. This story of star-crossed lovers in a luscious coastal setting brings new life to the age-old myth of merfolk and left me swooning for more!” —Marissa Meyer, New York Times–bestselling author of Cinder This ebook bundle includes all three books in the Syrena series: Of Poseidon, Of Triton, & Of Neptune.

Author : F. B. Greene
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : English language
ISBN : HARVARD:32044097052781

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First Lessons in English by F. B. Greene Pdf

Author : United States. Congress
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1418 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1950
Category : Law
ISBN : UCR:31210026415156

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Congressional Record by United States. Congress Pdf

Author : United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1422 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 1935
Category : Firearms industry and trade
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122092161

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Munitions Industry by United States. Congress. Senate. Special Committee to Investigate the Munitions Industry Pdf

Author : Stephen E. Ambrose
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 768 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2014-03-18
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781476745886

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Nixon Volume I by Stephen E. Ambrose Pdf

From acclaimed biographer Stephen E. Ambrose comes the life of one of the most elusive and intriguing American political figures, Richard M. Nixon. From his difficult boyhood and earnest youth to bis ruthless political campaigns for Congress and Senate to his defeats in '60 and '62, Nixon emerges life-size in all his complexity. Ambrose charts the peaks and valleys of Nixon's first fifty years -- his critical support as a freshman congressman of the Truman Doctrine and the Marshall Plan; his involvement in the House Committee on Un-American Activities; his aggressive pursuit of Alger Hiss; his ambivalent relationship with Eisenhower; and more. It is the consummate biography; it is a stunning political odyssey.

Author : William F. Buckley Jr.
Publisher : Little, Brown
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2009-12-19
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780316092913

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The Redhunter by William F. Buckley Jr. Pdf

From the celebrated conservative comes a rich and complex novel about one of the most conspicuous political figures in American history: Senator Joe McCarthy.

Author : Jim McGhee
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2012-12-14
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780761859819

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Labyrinth 2 by Jim McGhee Pdf

Labyrinth 2 provides a taxonomy of the plays Don Nigro has written over the past ten years. For those interested in producing Nigro’s work, this book provides a summary of the action of each script, characters required, costume, set, lighting, and sound requirements. Producers and directors of professional, academic, and community theatres will find it a useful guide to scripts they may wish to buy from Samuel French, Inc. Accounts of plays written prior to 2001 may be found in Labyrinth: Plays of Don Nigro, also published by University Press of America.