{"product_id":"9781623545222","title":"Undercover Girl: The Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Red Scare, Angela Calomiris was a paid FBI informant inside the American Communist Party. As a Greenwich Village photographer, Calomiris spied on the New York Photo League, pioneers in documentary photography. While local Party officials may have had their sus-picions about her sexuality, her apparent dedication to the cause won them over. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen Calomiris testified for the prosecution at the 1949 Smith Act trial of the Party's National Board, her identity as an informant (but not as a lesbian) was revealed. Her testimony sent eleven party leaders to prison and decimated the ranks of the Communist Party in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndercover Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is both a new chapter in Cold War history and an intimate look at the relationship between the FBI and one of its paid inform-ants. Ambitious and sometimes ruthless, Calomiris defied convention in her quest for celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Charlesbridge","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47061331378416,"sku":"9781623545222","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781623545222_p0.jpg?v=1763861934","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781623545222","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}