Fireweed: A Political Autobiography by Gerda Lerner

Temple University Press. Used - Good. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages.

Temple University Press, 2003-08-15. First Edition. paperback. Used: Good.

Temple University Press, 2003-08-15. First Edition. paperback. Used:Good.

Temple University Press. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!

Paperback / softback. New. Tells a story of moral courage and commitment to social change with a novelist's skill and a historian's command of context. This memoir focuses on the formative experiences that made the author an activist for social justice before her academic career began. It presents her life in the context of the major historical events of the 20th century.

Philadelphia, PA: Temple University Press, 2002. Presumed first edition/first printing. Trade paperback. Good.. xiii, [1], 377, [7] p. Illustrations. A Note on Usage. In "Fireweed", Gerda Lerner, a pioneer and leading scholar in women's history, tells her story of moral courage and commitment to social change with a novelist's skill and a historian's command of context. Lerner's memoir focuses on the formative experiences that made her an activist for social justice before her academic career began. The child of a well-to-do Viennese Jewish family, she was still a teenager when a fascist regime came to power in 1934, and she became involved in the underground resistance movement. The Nazi takeover of Austria cast her into prison, then forced her and her family into exile; she alone was able to leave Europe. Once in the United States, she experienced the harshness of the Depression and despair over the fate of her family. Still, she persisted in adapting to the new culture… Read More

Temple University Press, 2003-08-15. Paperback. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!