Whittaker Chambers a Biography by Sam Tanenhaus 1997 Random House political biographies spies and politics
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This is a near fine (almost like new) hardcover with dust jacket. 1997 Random House Publishing. This copy is still crisp and clean inside and out. The inside pages are crisp and clean. The binding is tight and straight. Brown hardcover boards under jacket are also near fine with only a hint of shelf wear and feature black cloth quarter trim with gold lettering along spine. The accompanying dust jacket is very good with only a hint shelf wear. Medium octavo book size or 6.5" x 9.5" with 638 pages including index.
Whittaker Chambers: A Biography written by Sam Tanenhaus is a definitive account of the controversial figure. The book was highly acclaimed, a Pulitzer Prize finalist, a National Book Award finalist, and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography. The book traces his underground years as a New York Communist agent and defector hunted by the KGB. The biography also provides an exhaustive account of his 1948 testimony against Alger Hiss, sparking America's definitive Cold War spy trial. It also covers his personal life, influential decade at Time magazine where he started out as a book reviewer.
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