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OverviewThe remarkable memoir of growing up in a communist family at the height of the Cold War, by the late historian, public intellectual, and political activist, James Laxer. Originally published in 2004, Red Diaper Baby is James Laxer's extraordinary memoir of growing up in a communist family during the height of the Cold War. When Jim was born his father was in hiding under an assumed name. When it came time to begin school, Jim was enrolled under a false birth date. Throughout his childhood he was repeatedly instructed to tell noone what his father did for work. Laxer's parents were members of the Communist Party, true believers in an ideology generally reviled and outlawed during much of World War II. From an early age, Laxer was collecting signatures on ban-the-bomb petitions, delivering Party flyers door to door, attending eccentric left-wing Camp Naivelt, and campaigning for the charismatic J. B. Salsberg, a Communist MPP in the Ontario legislature. Dramatic, humorous, and full of period detail, Red Diaper Baby offers a rare look at the McCarthy years through the eyes of a child. It also explains a great deal about Laxer''s crucial role in the founding of the Waffle faction of the NDP, his continued engagement with the left, and his evolution into one of Canada''s preeminent intellectuals. Full Product DetailsAuthor: James LaxerPublisher: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada Imprint: House of Anansi Press Ltd ,Canada Dimensions: Width: 13.90cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.50cm Weight: 0.240kg ISBN: 9781487006761ISBN 10: 1487006764 Pages: 192 Publication Date: 09 May 2019 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Out of stock The supplier is temporarily out of stock of this item. It will be ordered for you on backorder and shipped when it becomes available. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationJAMES LAXER (1941–2018) was the award-winning author of more than twenty-five books, including Staking Claims to a Continent; the #1 national bestseller Tecumseh & Brock: The War of 1812; Stalking an Elephant: My Discovery of America (published by the New Press in the United States as Discovering America); and The Border: Canada, the U.S., and Dispatches from the 49th Parallel. He was a professor of political science in the Department of Equity Studies at York University. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |