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A Very Dangerous Citizen: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left
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A Very Dangerous Citizen: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left Paperback - 2002 - 1st Edition

by Paul Buhle; Dave Wagner


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ABRAHAM POLONSKY LIKED TO DATE his artistic perceptions and the beginnings of his political life to his childhood in the 1910s.

From the rear cover

"Abe Polonsky was fascinating, brilliant, mercurial, a giant of our time. He held the line against McCarthyism in all its forms and phases all his life. He did it with vigor and the joy of fighting for right. His history is the best of the left. As a man he was charming, amusing, concerned--a great listener and a greater raconteur, and an even better friend. This much needed book is a tribute to him."--Lee Grant, Oscar-winning director/actress

"A long-overdue critical biography of a significant talent and political intellect lost to the cold war waged in and on Hollywood. Buhle and Wagner expertly trace the roots of the Hollywood Red Scare to the streets of New York, the streets that produced the likes of writer-director-activist-teacher Abe Polonsky."--Jon Lewis, author of Hollywood v. Hard Core: How the Struggle Over Censorship Created the Modern Film Industry

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  • Title A Very Dangerous Citizen: Abraham Lincoln Polonsky and the Hollywood Left
  • Author Paul Buhle; Dave Wagner
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 285
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press
  • Date September 2, 2002
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780520236721 / 0520236726
  • Weight 0.94 lbs (0.43 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.9 x 5.94 x 0.87 in (22.61 x 15.09 x 2.21 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 000028692
  • Dewey Decimal Code B

About the author

Paul Buhle is Lecturer in the American Civilization Department at Brown University and coauthor of Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist (1997). Dave Wagner is the former political editor of the Arizona Republic. He has written on film for Cineaste and Filmhaeftet (Stockholm).
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