About this title: This 1950 autobiography has become a Conservative classic. Chambers, a journalist for Time magazine, tells of his role as a member of the American Communist Party and as an active Soviet agent who passed secrets to the Reds. After becoming disillusioned with Stalin following the Moscow purges, Chambers revealed everything and claimed there was a network of spies within the American government. His naming of Alger Hiss led to a famous libel trial in which Hiss was found guilty. Chambers later became an editor of The National Review.
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: Good. No Jacket. 8vo-Between 7 3/4" and 9 3/4" Tall. 808 page book is in good condition with edgewear, slight scuffing of cover, discoloration of page sides, and yellowing pages. No DJ. This book is a biography of when the author was a member of the American Communist Party. It also discusses the Hiss-Chambers Case, which is about spies, espionage, foreign agents, stolen documents, secret hideaways, phoney names, an informer, investigations, trials, and official justice. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Decorated Glued Spine
Publisher: Regnery Gateway, Chicago, IL
Date Published: 1952
ISBN-13:9780895269157ISBN:0895269155
Description: Very Good. Soft Cover ex-Library. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Apparent FIRST EDITION. Witness was at once a literary effort, a philosophical treatise, and a bestseller. Whittaker Chambers had just participated in America's trial of the century in which Chambers claimed that Alger Hiss, a full-standing member of the political establishment, was a spy for the Soviet Union. This poetic autobiography recounts the famous case, but also reveals much more. Laminated covers with some wear to spine area, ... read more
Description: Good. Light shelf wear and minimal interior marks. Millions of satisfied customers and climbing. Thriftbooks is the name you can trust, guaranteed. Spend Less. Read More. read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Regnery Publishing, Inc
Date Published: 1978
ISBN-13:9780895267894ISBN:0895267896
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Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Random House, New York
Date Published: 1952
Description: Very good. No dust jacket. Edges of text block browned; previous owner's marks on Title, half-title pages and endpaper. 808 p. 22 cm. Autobiographical. Clippings from newspapers of various ages are inlaid in front. read more
"I don't think there is an autobiography that can top this one. We're talking Augustine's Confessions level of good here. We're talking all-time great self-disclosures. This book is waiting to be made into a beautiful film."
"What can I even say about this book? Long. Heavy in some ways. Disturbing perhaps. And yet it is full of courage, hope, forgiveness, healing, God's ability to conquer and His unfaltering loyalty to us once we turn to Him. What a phenomenal example of one who is willing to make a complete change once he finds he is wrong, even in the face of his own ruin and destruction. Yet another WITNESS that truth will prevail.
Upon typing my notes up this morning, I just had to add a few things I had overlooked. This book offers some interesting insight into the liberties that we have slowly lost in America. Also, Chambers comes from a broken family, but he breaks away from that and, in the midst of his trials, has a strong family with his wife and children. He shares his views on the land, on preparing his children for their battles in life by protecting and shielding them for a season, and there are some wonderful examples of a strong relationship in his marriage to his wife."
"This is by far one of the most important books that I have read...you cannot read Witness without coming away with your eyes opened to the machinations of government and a crisper view of the struggle around us. The book is well written and Whittaker Chambers is well versed in Western Literature. The book is an education on some many fronts. A must read !!"
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