This book presents a re-evaluation of the objectives and actions of the 'Tar Heel Reds' from the 1920s to the 1960s. The author argues that, contrary to widely held belief, they were not a threat to national security, nor were they beholden to the Soviet Union and that their aims are now accepted parts of the national consensus.

Gives greater depth to our understanding of people in the Communist Party, and in particular of those who left and gave testimony against their former comrades. Robert Korstad, author of Civil Rights Unionism

A welcome addition to the historical literature on American anticommunism. Jeff Woods, author of Black Struggle, Red Scare

Incisive, provocative, thoughtful, jargon-free, a good read. A balanced comprehensible account that weaves together Crouch s life and his era s complex, confused political history. Daniel Leab, author of I Was a Communist for the FBI:...

This work is the first academic biography of North Carolina poet laureate James Larkin Pearson (1879-1981). Using material from Pearson s personal archive in Wilkes County, from the North Carolina Collection and the Southern Historical Collection at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and from contemporary examinations of his life and work, this study offers deeply personal insights into his life and provides extensive examinations of his hopes, joys, fears, pains, and sorrows. The work also includes lengthy studies of his poetry and his journalistic efforts and examines their...