Editions of witness by whittaker chambers goodreads. Witness by whittaker chambers, first edition abebooks. Witness is the autobiography of whittaker chambers who grew up on long island, joined the communist party in 1925, and later worked as an agent in the underground in washington dc. Disillusioned by stalins atrocities in the 1930s, he decides to leave the party in 1939. Witness cold war classics kindle edition by chambers, whittaker. Witness is a gripping and engrossing account of whittaker chambers personal journey from being a resolute and committed communist to becoming one of the most powerfully outspoken and virulent critics of communism in the twentieth century. Remembering whittaker chambers a masterpiece at fifty foreword to the 1984 edition foreword in the form of a letter to. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the us or from the uk, depending on stock availability. Free download witness by whittaker chambers ebook 3hv free.
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First published in 1952, witness came on the heels of americas trial of the century, in which whittaker chambers accused alger hiss, a fullstanding member of the political establishment, of spying for the soviet union. He defected from the party in 1937, due to a mixture of factors including his spiritual conversion to christianity, his horror at stalins purges, and the night he. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Whittaker chambers intro publishers preface to the 1997 edition witness and friend.
If he had just been that and nothing more, and if the hiss trial. Sam tanenhaus, author of whittaker chambers one of the few indispensable autobiographies ever written by an american and one of the best written, too. Whittaker chambers harrowing account of his journey to hell and backthrough espionage, treason, and terroris, ultimately, a story of faith. As a politically aware person who came of age in the 20th century, i knew something of whittaker chambers and his role in exposing communists embedded in the u. Witness packs the emotional wallop and the literary power of a classic russian novel and has gained chambers recognition by critics on both sides of the spectrum as a truly gifted writer. Witness by whittaker chambers download pdfepub ebook.
Regnery gateway, 1952 chambers, whittaker 808 pages. Includes prefaces and forwards from previous editions. After early years as a communist party member 1925 and soviet spy 19321938, he defected from the soviet. Most of us know whittaker chambers as the excommunist whose testimony convicted alger hiss. After early years as a communist party member and soviet spy, he defected from communism underground and open party and worked at time. Books by whittaker chambers whittaker chambers average rating 4. Whittaker chambers had just participated in americas trial of the century in wh. Publication date 1952 topics hiss, alger, chambers, whittaker, communism, spies publisher new york, random house collection inlibrary. Buy a cheap copy of witness book by whittaker chambers.
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