Red Corner: The Rise and Fall of Communism in Northeastern Montana - Paperback

by Verlaine McDonald (Author)

The Red Corner chronicles the Communist movement in a rural Montana community from the late teens through the early 1930s. Examining newspaper accounts and interviews, the book explains how Sheridan County became one of "the most class-conscious areas in the nation" according to historian Lowell Dyson and why its reputation as "red" persisted for decades thereafter.

Author Biography

Verlaine Stoner McDonald is Associate Professor at Berea College in Kentucky. She was born and raised in Sheridan County, Montana.