{"product_id":"howard-fast-life-and-literature-in-the-left-lane-9780253007278","title":"Howard Fast: Life and Literature in the Left Lane","description":"\u003cp\u003eHoward Fast's life, from a rough-and-tumble Jewish New York street kid to the rich and famous author of close to 100 books, rivals the Horatio Alger myth. Author of bestsellers such as \u003ci\u003eCitizen Tom Paine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFreedom Road\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy Glorious Brothers\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSpartacus\u003c\/i\u003e, Fast joined the American Communist Party in 1943 and remained a loyal member until 1957, despite being imprisoned for contempt of Congress. Gerald Sorin illuminates the connections among Fast's Jewishness, his writings, and his left-wing politics and explains Fast's attraction to the Party and the reasons he stayed in it as long as he did. Recounting the story of his private and public life with its adventure and risk, love and pain, struggle, failure, and success, Sorin also addresses questions such as the relationship between modern Jewish identity and radical movements, the consequences of political myopia, and the complex interaction of art, popular culture, and politics in 20th-century America.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gerald Sorin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Indiana University Press (Ips)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/01\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 528\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 2.15lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.40w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780253007278\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e National Jewish Book Award - Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Independent Publisher Book Awards - Silver Medal Winner\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/17\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGerald Sorin is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of American and Jewish Studies at the State University of New York at New Paltz. He is author of \u003ci\u003eIrving Howe: A Life of Passionate Dissent\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the 2003 National Jewish Book Award in History and \u003ci\u003eThe Prophetic Minority: American Jewish Immigrant Radicals, 1880-1920\u003c\/i\u003e (IUP, 1985).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Indiana University Press (Ips)","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":41100161777779,"sku":"9.78025E+12","price":56.6,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_6b91aa3a-4555-4dd7-be4b-ffbedbf9f956.jpg?v=1700142650","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/howard-fast-life-and-literature-in-the-left-lane-9780253007278","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}