A mysterious file of family papers triggers a journey through the dark days of political purges in the 1950s. Jane S. Smith tells the story of the anticommunist witch hunt that sent shockwaves through New York City’s public schools when more than a thousand teachers were targeted by Board of Education investigators—including her own father.
A mysterious file of family papers triggers a journey through the dark days of political purges in the 1950s. Jane S. Smith tells the story of the anticommunist witch hunt that sent shockwaves through New York City’s public schools when more than a thousand teachers were targeted by Board of Education investigators—including her own father.
JANE S. SMITH's books include The Garden of Invention: Luther Burbank and the Business of Breeding Plants, winner of the Caroline Bancroft Prize in Western American History, and Patenting the Sun: Polio and the Salk Vaccine, winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology.
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Introduction 1. Terrestrial Navigation 2. Under the Big Flag 3. In the Palace of Education 4. A Crash Course in Scandal 5. Save Our Schools 6. Fascist America 7. Accusing the Accusers 8. Wars Hot and Cold 9. So Many Ways to Offend 10. A Seat for Every Child 11. LIFE Comes to School 12. Man of the Year 13. Hidden Records 14. The Superintendent of Schools 15. The Student Strike 16. The Assistant Corporation Counsel 17. The Interview 18. Informers 19. The House I Live In 20. What Made Them So Afraid? 21. The Fear Profiteers 22. Outcast and Wanderer 23. When the Enemy Becomes a Joke 24. Teaching Under the Radar 25. The Past Is Always Present
Acknowledgments Notes A Note on Sources Index Introduction 1 1 Terrestrial Navigation 11 2 Under the Big Flag 17 3 In the Palace of Education 23 4 A Crash Course in Scandal 33 5 Save Our Schools 37 6 Fascist America 41 7 Accusing the Accusers 49 8 Wars Hot and Cold 57 9 So Many Ways to Offend 63 10 A Seat for Every Child 69 11 Life Comes to School 77 12 Man of the Year 83 13 Hidden Records 87 14 The Superintendent of Schools 95 15 The Student Strike 103 16 The Assistant Corporation Counsel 113 17 The Interview 125 18 Informers 137 19 The House I Live In 143 20 What Made Them So Afraid? 151 21 The Fear Profiteers 159 22 Outcast and Wanderer 167 23 When the Enemy Becomes a Joke 177 24 Teaching Under the Radar 181 25 The Past Is Always Present 191 Acknowledgments 195 Note on Sources 197 Index 000
Introduction 1. Terrestrial Navigation 2. Under the Big Flag 3. In the Palace of Education 4. A Crash Course in Scandal 5. Save Our Schools 6. Fascist America 7. Accusing the Accusers 8. Wars Hot and Cold 9. So Many Ways to Offend 10. A Seat for Every Child 11. LIFE Comes to School 12. Man of the Year 13. Hidden Records 14. The Superintendent of Schools 15. The Student Strike 16. The Assistant Corporation Counsel 17. The Interview 18. Informers 19. The House I Live In 20. What Made Them So Afraid? 21. The Fear Profiteers 22. Outcast and Wanderer 23. When the Enemy Becomes a Joke 24. Teaching Under the Radar 25. The Past Is Always Present
Acknowledgments Notes A Note on Sources Index Introduction 1 1 Terrestrial Navigation 11 2 Under the Big Flag 17 3 In the Palace of Education 23 4 A Crash Course in Scandal 33 5 Save Our Schools 37 6 Fascist America 41 7 Accusing the Accusers 49 8 Wars Hot and Cold 57 9 So Many Ways to Offend 63 10 A Seat for Every Child 69 11 Life Comes to School 77 12 Man of the Year 83 13 Hidden Records 87 14 The Superintendent of Schools 95 15 The Student Strike 103 16 The Assistant Corporation Counsel 113 17 The Interview 125 18 Informers 137 19 The House I Live In 143 20 What Made Them So Afraid? 151 21 The Fear Profiteers 159 22 Outcast and Wanderer 167 23 When the Enemy Becomes a Joke 177 24 Teaching Under the Radar 181 25 The Past Is Always Present 191 Acknowledgments 195 Note on Sources 197 Index 000
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