{"product_id":"pete-si-gerson-9780717804733","title":"Pete: The story of Peter V. Caccione New York's first communist councilman: the story of Peter V. Caccione","description":"\u003cp\u003eA small-town boy brought up on the \"wrong\" side of the railroad tracks, Pete knew back-breaking toil and the agonies of the jobless. Hunger and homelessness were no strangers to him. He spent his first night in New York in a municipal flophouse but when he died he was a Communist member of the New York City Council mourned by hundreds of thousands who came to know him in the tumultuous '30s and '40s. There may be no laws bearing his name, but many of the demands for which Pete fought, be it unemployment insurance, social security or the\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eprohibition of racist advertisements, have today become commonplace realities. It can fairly be said that Pete's career illustrates the old saw that yesterday's soapbox speech often becomes today's solid statute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Si Gerson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0717804739\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780717804733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e International Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/14\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 218\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.56lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.50d","brand":"Si Gerson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43981703348479,"sku":"9780717804733","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9d1fda95-d435-4c43-afbb-a375947a05e0.jpg?v=1683257068","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/pete-si-gerson-9780717804733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}