BRATTLEBORO — Vermont author Rick Winston discusses Red Scare in the Green Mountains: The McCarthy Era in Vermont 1946-1960 at Everyone's Books on Friday, Sept 21, at 6 p.m.
What happened in Vermont when the anti-Communist fear known as the “Red Scare” swept the country after World War II? Quite a bit, as it turns out. Winston explores some forgotten history as we see how a small, rural “rock-ribbed Republican” state with a historically libertarian streak handled the hysteria of the time.
Far from the klieg lights of Washington D.C., Hollywood, and New York City, the Green Mountain State challenged the national narrative with its own fascinating stories.
In his book, Winston presents nine vignettes from the McCarthy era in Vermont, including a high-profile academic firing, controversies involving left-leaning summer residents, courageous newspaper editors who spoke out against McCarthy's tactics, and a conservative senator who helped take down Sen. Joseph McCarthy.
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