Undercover Girl by Lisa E Davis
Brand: Imagine
Product Description
At the height of the Red Scare Angela Calomiris was a paid FBI informant inside the American Communist Party. As a Greenwich Village photographer Calomiris spied on the New York Photo League pioneers in documentary photography. While local Party ocials may have had their suspicions about her sexuality her apparent dedication to the cause won them over. When Calomiris testified for the prosecution at the 1949 Smith Act trial of the Partys National Board her identity as an informant but not as a lesbian was revealed. Her testimony sent eleven party leaders to prison and decimated the ranks of the Communist Party in the US. Undercover Girl is both a new chapter in Cold War history and an intimate look at the relationship between the FBI and one of its paid informants. Ambitious and sometimes ruthless Calomiris deed convention in her quest for celebrity. show more
Condition : New
Author : Lisa E Davis
Weight : 514
Publisher : Imagine
Language : English
EAN : 9781623545291
ISBN10 : 1623545293
Format : Hardback
Date of Publication : 20191001
Place of Publication : NA
Pagination : 266 Pages 9 Illustrations Illustrations Black And White
Dimensions : 216 X 140 X 16