Days of Anger, Days of Hope: A Memoir of the League of American Writers 1937-1942

Folsom, executive secretary to the League of American Writers for five of its seven years, offers a lively history of the controversial anti-facist organization that the FBI considered a "Communist front." The League sought to promote intellectual and political freedom through national writers congresses, and attempted to rescue anti-Nazi colleagues in European concentration camps. Folsom uses personal anecdotes, League records and FBI files to create a portrait of the group, its many renowned members, such as Richard Wright and Dorothy Parker, and its role in American cultural and social history. Includes b&w photos. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.