{"product_id":"books-on-trial-shirley-a-wiegand-9780806138688","title":"Books on Trial: Red Scare in the Heartland","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHow civil liberties triumphed over national insecurity\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween the two major red scares of the twentieth century, a police raid on a Communist Party bookstore in Oklahoma City marked an important lesson in the history of American freedom.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn a raid on the Progressive Bookstore in 1940, local officials seized thousands of books and pamphlets and arrested twenty customers and proprietors. All were detained incommunicado and many were held for months on unreasonably high bail. Four were tried for violating Oklahoma's \"criminal syndicalism\" law, and their convictions and ten-year sentences caused a nationwide furor. After protests from labor unions, churches, publishers, academics, librarians, the American Civil Liberties Union, members of the literary world, and prominent individuals ranging from Woody Guthrie to Eleanor Roosevelt, the convictions were overturned on appeal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eShirley A. Wiegand and Wayne A. Wiegand share the compelling story of this important case for the first time. They reveal how state power-with support from local media and businesses-was used to trample individuals' civil rights during an era in which citizens were gripped by fear of foreign subversion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly detailed and colorfully told, \u003cem\u003eBooks on Trial \u003c\/em\u003eis a sobering story of innocent people swept up in the hysteria of their times. It marks a fascinating and unnerving chapter in the history of Oklahoma and of the First Amendment. In today's climate of shadowy foreign threats-also full of unease about the way government curtails freedom in the name of protecting its citizens-the past speaks to the present.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Shirley A. Wiegand, Wayne A. Wiegand\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0806138688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780806138688\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Oklahoma Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 308\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.37lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.25h x 6.31w x 1.01d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAward:\u003c\/b\u003e Oklahoma Book Award - Finalist\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/18\/2007 pg. 43\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/01\/2007 pg. 657\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/15\/2007 pg. 72\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/01\/2008 pg. 182","brand":"Shirley A. Wiegand","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":43947233214719,"sku":"9780806138688","price":26.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_7b65c6cf-79ff-4254-95fe-60bee7c122ed.jpg?v=1681517512","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/books-on-trial-shirley-a-wiegand-9780806138688","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}