{"product_id":"2026200010728-secondhand-agnes-smedley-the-life-and-times-of-an-american-radical","title":"Agnes Smedley: The Life And Times Of An American Radical","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003eCondition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Usual shelf-wear. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew lives illuminate the turbulent currents of twentieth-century radicalism as vividly as that of Agnes Smedley — journalist, activist, and passionate champion of society's dispossessed. Agnes Smedley: The Life and Times of an American Radical chronicles the extraordinary journey of a woman born into desperate poverty in rural Missouri who transformed herself into one of the most fearless correspondents of her era, bearing witness to the Chinese Communist Revolution and the brutal theatre of World War II with unflinching courage and moral conviction.\n\nJanice R. MacKinnon and Stephen R. MacKinnon draw on extensive archival research and interviews to reconstruct Smedley's world with remarkable precision, presenting a portrait that is as politically charged as it is deeply human. Their work argues compellingly that Smedley's life cannot be separated from the great ideological struggles of the age — anti-imperialism, feminism, and the fight against fascism — placing her at the very intersection of history and dissent. For readers who believe they know the boundaries of what one life can contain, Smedley's story will prove them decisively wrong.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49130726621403,"sku":"2026200010728-SECONDHAND","price":25.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/121f3a7c-cef6-411a-8aba-1c768a9b4a8f.png?v=1786589412","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200010728-secondhand-agnes-smedley-the-life-and-times-of-an-american-radical","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}