Description: Cause at Heart follows Junius Irving Scales from his privileged southern upbringing through the awakening of his social conscience, his civil- and labor- rights work for the Party across the South, his arrest and trials, his disillusionment with the Party, and his time in prison.
Brief description: JUNIUS IRVING SCALES (1920-2002) was a communist party member for eighteen years. A native of Greensboro, North Carolina, Scales lived in New York after his release from prison.
Review Quotes:
Scales has written a book of unique perception and value. It is must reading for anyone interested in the era of Joseph McCarthy, but is important for specialists in labor and civil rights history as well. . . . This thoughtful and introspective account provides extraordinary insight into the workings of the party, the critical events and persons of the era, and the personality of a man entranced by his messianic cause.
--Choice