Witch Hunt: The Cold War, Joe McCarthy, and the Red Scare
by Andrea Balis, Elizabeth Levy, and Tim Foley
This compelling overview of McCarthyism and the Red Scare opens with an Indiana newspaper... read more
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- 5-12
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- Nonfiction
Year Published 2024
- Text Complexity
- Lexile Level: 990L
- ATOS Reading Level: Currently Not Available
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- History
- Social Studies
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- Subversive activities--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
- United States--Politics and government--20th century--Juvenile literature
- McCarthy, Joseph, 1908-1957--Juvenile literature
- United States. Congress. House. Committee on Un-American Activities--Juvenile literature
- Cold War--Juvenile literature
- Anti-communist movements--United States--History--20th century--Juvenile literature
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