Standing Fast |
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Author:
| Swados, Harvey |
ISBN: | 978-1-306-62591-3 |
Publication Date: | Jan 2013 |
Publisher: | Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.
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Book Format: | Ebook |
List Price: | USD $19.99 |
Book Description:
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A masterful novel of political progressives making their way--and not--in an ever-changing postwar America For Marty Dworkin and his band of young Trotskyist dreamers in Buffalo, New York, the vision of a just, socialist world crumbles with the rise of Stalin and the chaos of World War II. In the two decades that follow, Dworkin and his idealistic colleagues strive to establish a new political party and battle through unexpected trials with family, work, aging, and the changing...
More DescriptionA masterful novel of political progressives making their way--and not--in an ever-changing postwar America
For Marty Dworkin and his band of young Trotskyist dreamers in Buffalo, New York, the vision of a just, socialist world crumbles with the rise of Stalin and the chaos of World War II. In the two decades that follow, Dworkin and his idealistic colleagues strive to establish a new political party and battle through unexpected trials with family, work, aging, and the changing world. They run up against an increasingly conservative America and a thriving materialism directly opposed to their own fervent beliefs. They emerge humbled, but still hopeful, into the 1960s, when civil rights struggles and anti-war radicalism move to center stage. "Standing Fast" is a classic, panoramic portrait of life amid the shattered dreams and visionary ambitions of the American left.