New Releases by Howard Fast

She''ll stand up for her family, no matter the cost Former socialite Barbara Lavette is unconcerned about the gossip that surrounds her new marriage. However, her husband Bernie, a poor mechanic whom she met in the midst of World War II, is willing to do anything to prove his worth to her as well as the society that shuns him. Barbara will support her husband in any way she can, but when she becomes the victim of an attack by the Congressional Committee on Un-American Activities, she is forced to stand trial. Caught in a Communist witch hunt, Barbara must do whatever it takes to defend her values, clear her name, and find a way to reunite her family. The third book in Howard Fast''s epic family saga, The Establishment follows the Lavette family as they attempt to persevere in a nation consumed with fear during the tumultuous period following World War II. Praise for The Immigrants series: "Relentless pace of events...real experience leaping full-bodied from Fast''s imagination!"—New York Times "There hasn''t been a novel in years that can do a job on readers'' emotions that the last fifty pages of The Immigrants does."—Los Angeles Times "Emotional, exciting, and entertaining."—Philadelphia Inquirer

"Howard Fast is fiercely American, he is one of ours, one of our very best." -The Los Angeles Times One battle will determine the fate of Boston Three thousand soldiers from the world''s greatest army are cornered in Boston, surrounded by farmers and doctors turned rebel soldiers and generals. For a week both sides are at an impasse, until June 17, 1775, when the standstill comes to a violent, bloody end on Breed''s and Bunker hills. In Bunker Hill, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the unlikely battle that changed the course of the Revolutionary War forever. Tensions rise among both the British and Colonial soldiers as political and tactical frustrations, dissent, confusion, and fear threaten to tear both sides apart before the fighting even begins. "Fast is at his best as Storyteller." -Christian Science Monitor

"A novel of satisfying depth and breadth, written in good, clean, forceful prose."—Chicago Tribune A new edition of the New York Times bestselling second book in Howard Fast''s powerful historical family saga, Second Generation follows the Lavette immigrants through the challenges of the Great Depression and World War II. Desperate for independence and scornful of the hypocrisy of the upper class, Barbara Lavette is determined to make her own way in the world. After abandoning her privileged life in San Francisco to disguise herself as a poor volunteer down on the wharf, Barbara journeys to France to report on the onset of Nazi terror and the coming of World War II. But when tragedy strikes deep at the heart of the life Barbara has built for herself in Europe, she is forced to return to San Francisco heartbroken and alone and face the family she ran away from. Continuing the epic Lavette family saga, Howard Fast''s fascinating historical fiction vividly depicts the struggles to persevere in Immigrant America.

"A most wonderful book...there hasn''t been a novel in years that can do a job on readers'' emotions that the last fifty pages of The Immigrants does."—Los Angeles Times The first book in bestselling author Howard Fast''s beloved family saga, The Immigrants is a transcendent work of historical fiction. In this sweeping journey of love and fortune, master storyteller Howard Fast recounts the family saga of roughneck immigrants determined to make their way in America at the turn of the century. Quick to ascend from the tragic depths of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, Dan Lavette becomes the head of a powerful shipping empire and establishes himself among the city''s cultural elite. But when he finds himself caught in a loveless marriage to the daughter of San Francisco''s richest family, a scandalous love affair threatens to destroy the empire Dan has built for himself. The first novel of a compelling family saga, The Immigrants is fast-paced, emotional historical fiction that captures the wide range of relationships across Immigrant America during the tumultuous defining events of the early twentieth century. NOW A MOTION PICTURE

In the late summer of 1949, a racist mob in upstate New York fiercely assaulted working class blacks and whites at an outdoor concert featuring African-American singer Paul Robeson. Howard Fast, a noted American novelist, was vacationing in the Peekskill area at the time and was appointed chairman of the concert. He was at the scene when concert-goers were attacked by men throwing broken bottles and rocks; swinging clubs and fence posts; and wielding knives and brass knuckles. Shouting racial epithets, the mob was held off only by a show of black and white unity. Fast was not only an eyewitness to these frightening events, but also, in each of two separate incidents was one the participants. His trained reporter’s eye and narrative skill produced this compelling and detailed you-are-there account of the violence. The present edition recalls that long-forgotten incident—recognized today as a milestone in the civil rights movement.

It''s been 11 years since a young actress was raped by half a dozen men on a Hollywood set. She was never seen again. Now, one by one, the very same men who participated in the rape are being slain. Racing against time, Masao Masuto must uncover the killer''s identity. Original.

Two full-length mysteries featuring Nisei detective Masao Masuto are together in one volume. In "The Case of the Sliding Pool", Masuto investigates the identity of a skeleton found when a swimming pool collapses. And in "The Case of the Kidnapped Angel", the husband of a kidnapped Hollywood sex goddess does not return from paying her ransom.

In this sixth novel of the Immigrants series, matriarch Barbara Lavette continues to surprise family and friends as she fights for justice and finds love again.

The story of the Cheyenne Indians in the 1870s, and their bitter struggle to flee from the Indian Territory in Oklahoma back to their home in Wyoming and Montana.

Originally published in 1942, The Unvanquished is the story of the Continental Army and George Washington in the desperate early months when the American Revolution faced defeat and disintegration. The book begins with the retreat across Manhattan''s East River that saved the Continental Army after the Battle of Long Island. It ends with Washington''s recrossing of the Delaware in the daring 1776 Christmas Eve raid on the Hessian camp at Trenton.

Telling the story of the capture, trial, and execution of a Hessian drummer boy by Americans during the Revolution. This novel provides an opportunity to explore the difficult moral positions of war, along with the complications of the Quaker family who hid and sheltered the boy.

In 1939 in Berlin, an American tourist and his wife are arrested as spies. The wife is tortured to death, but the husband escapes. The novel follows him as he attempts to live down that tragedy, first as an officer in the U.S. Army, later in trying to find someone to love. By the author of Seven Days in June.

The tale of a Southern black who becomes a congressman during the Reconstruction period that followed the American Civil War. This edition also contains primary source documents from the Reconstruction.

Presents a fictionalized account of Paine''s contribution to keeping alive the passion for freedom during the grueling years of the American Revolution.

As the sinister shadow of McCarthyism spreads across America, a woman fights to save everything she holds dear. Lola Gregg grew up the daughter of a respected physician in a tiny factory town. She married and had children, perfectly content in her quiet suburban existence. But Lola has a problem: at a time when progressivism is considered a national threat, Lola and her husband are on the wrong side of the political spectrum. When the FBI begins to tail her husband due to his leftist affiliations, Lola is forced to choose between her deeply held beliefs and the very safety of her family. Intense and thought-provoking, Lola Gregg is a potent thriller about one woman''s struggle to preserve ideological freedom against the reactionary forces of her day. Based partially on a true story.

During the Spanish Inquisition, the Grand Inquisitor involves a close friend in charges of heresy.

Defense counsel in an army murder case during World War II must decide whether to save his client on grounds of insanity or to appease British allies by letting him die.

When he has just the right feeling, Tony can open the door in his New York City tenement backyard and step through to the time when the Dutch and Indians lived on Manhattan Island--but no one believes him.