{"product_id":"the-strangest-dream-merrily-weisbord-9781550655995","title":"The Strangest Dream: Canadian Communists, the Spy Trials, and the Cold War","description":"\u003cp\u003eLauded as the most eloquent book about Canadian communists and written like drama, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangest Dream\u003c\/i\u003e animates the history and life of militants from the 1930's to the 1956 Khruschev revelations about Stalin.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePublished originally in 1983, this Third Edition contains a new preface by the author, additional photographs, and previously unpublished letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn antidote to recurrent anti-communist vitriol, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangest Dream\u003c\/i\u003e evokes not only the struggle \"to make a better world,\" but the warmth, generosity, songs, theatre, art, and exhilaration of party members for whom comradeship meant a way of life. \u003cb\u003eMerrily Weisbord\u003c\/b\u003e's research and contacts unearth historical documents and rare testimonies, including that of Canada's only communist MP, and of the accused in the Cold War spy trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Strangest Dream\u003c\/i\u003e is witness to the heyday and legacy of Canadian communists' courage and social conscience, and to the forces that destroyed their dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Merrily Weisbord\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155065599X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550655995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.40w x 0.90d","brand":"Merrily Weisbord","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44073766224127,"sku":"9781550655995","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_b2b61703-31e1-4b57-a043-75de89d80776.jpg?v=1685449774","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-strangest-dream-merrily-weisbord-9781550655995","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}