Scoundrel Time

by Hellman, Lillian

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Boston:: Little, Brown, and Co.,, 1976.. Hardcover. Very Good in Very Good dj. 8vo. 155 pp, 12 p. photographs. Second printing. Hellman's memoir of the witch-hunting, black-listing years of the 1950's, and her involvement with them. With an introduction by Garry Wills, author of Nixon Agonistes, commenting upon the background of the period. Dust jacket with a closed tear, now in mylar cover.

Book summary

This third volume of the playwright's memoirs focuses on her experiences testifying before Congress during the Communist-hunting days of the 1950s, when she and many of her colleagues were called on to expose their friends as political subversives. This edition includes an introduction by Garry Wills.