{"product_id":"the-strangest-dream-canadian-communists-the-spy-trials-and-the-cold-war-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originally in 1983, this Third Edition contains a new preface by the author, additional photographs, and previously unpublished letters.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn antidote to recurrent anti-communist vitriol, \u003ci\u003eThe Strangest Dream\u003c\/i\u003e evokes not only the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 \u003cb\u003eMerrily Weisbord\u003c\/b\u003e's research and contacts unearth historical documents and rare testimonies, including that of Canada's only communist MP, and of the accused in the Cold War spy trials.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe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 \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-2385125\"\u003eMerrily Weisbord\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Vehicule Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/01\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 280\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781550655995\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 155065599X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-POL\"\u003ePolitical Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-POL005000\"\u003ePolitical Ideologies | Communism, Post-Communism \u0026amp; Socialism\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMerrily Weisbord\u003c\/b\u003e is a Canadian literary non-fiction writer, documentary screenwriter, and broadcaster. \u003ci\u003eThe Love Queen of Malabar\u003c\/i\u003e, a memoir of her longtime friendship with the late Indian writer Kamala Das, was a finalist for the 2010 Hilary Weston Writers' Trust Prize for Nonfiction, the QWF Mavis Gallant Prize for Non-fiction, and the Charles Taylor Prize for Literary Non-Fiction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Vehicule Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44447077630189,"sku":"9781550655995","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_800b92bd-516d-4d2a-8d6f-a1d92b8accbe.jpg?v=1700288735","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-strangest-dream-canadian-communists-the-spy-trials-and-the-cold-war-9781550655995","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}