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Introductions, prefaces, forewords, edited works

Best Short Stories of Theodore Dreiser Best Untold, The Images of American Radicalism
In Danger: The Right to Speak for Peace In the American Tradition Legacy: The Orange County Story
Mother Novel and the People Red Scare in Court
Rights of Man Saving the Fragments Sculpture of Bette Fast
Selected Work of Tom Paine Stop the Press! Sylvia
Zoya


1945. Welles, Orson. In the American Tradition. Descriptive notes by Howard Fast (11 pp). 3 78-rpm 12" records: speeches of Lincoln, Jefferson, Wilson, FDR. Decca Records Album No. A-394-29M Personality Series.


1945. Fox, Ralph [1900-1937]. The Novel and the People. "An American preface" by Howard Fast. 128 pp, 22 cm, "First published in 1937", 'The most stimulating and exciting book of literary criticism that I have ever read.' HF, preface. (Author died in 1937 'fighting Fascism in Spain.'). International Publishers, 381 Fourth Ave., New York 16, NY.*


1945. Paine, Thomas [1737-1809]. The Selected Work of Tom Paine. edited by Howard Fast. xiii, 338 pp, 20.8 cm, "first edition", [black cloth, gold lettering, eagle on front cover] (see: Who Was Tom Paine?). Duell, Sloan & Pearce. New York.*

For CARL VAN DOREN

editions


1945. Zoya. Soviet film. English text by Howard Fast. Musical score by Shostakovich. Played at Stanley Theater, NYC May, 1945. ("5th Week! -- New Soviet Epic" from an ad in May 15, 1945 New Masses).


1947. Gorky, Maxim [1868-1936]. Mother. introduction by Howard Fast (v-vii). 406 pp, Citadel Press. Secaucus, NJ.*

editions


1947. Dreiser, Theodore [1871-1945]. The Best Short Stories of Theodore Dreiser. edited with an introduction, by Howard Fast. 349 pp, 22 cm, 1st, (Fast's introduction first appeared as an article in the Sept.3,1946 issue of New Masses, entitled Dreiser's Short Stories. The introduction is a slightly shorter, somewhat edited version) (see also:Joseph Griffin, 1987). The World Publishing Company. Cleveland; New York.

editions translations


1952. Spencer, Harold. In Danger: The Right to Speak for Peace. preface by Howard Fast. 16 pp, "If Steve Nelson and Others are Jailed for This, What Happens to Our Constitutional Rights?". Committee to Defend the Pittsburgh Six.


1953. Marion, George. Stop the Press! Being Volume 1 of the Next Hundred Years. introduction by Howard Fast (p.7-9). 224 pp, pbk, Fairplay Publishers. New York.*



(Easton Press edition)
1961. Paine, Thomas. The Rights of Man. introduction by Howard Fast, illustrations by Lynd Ward. xvi, 269, [2] pp, 32 cm, col. ill. (edition limited to 1500 copies, bound in 3/4 red cloth, mottled boards, in a case). Printed for the members of the Limited Editions Club at the Stinehour Press. Lunenburg, Vt.

editions


1980. Taylor, Ruth Ellen, editor. Legacy: The Orange County Story. foreword by Howard Fast. 224 pp, 36 cm, Orange County Register's 75th Anniversary publication.


1985. Leitner, Isabella, with Irving A. Leitner. Saving the fragments: from Auschwitz to New York. introduction by Howard Fast. xii, 131 pp, 22.4 cm, New American Library. New York. ISBN: 0-453-00502-0.*



design and illustration
by Steven Brower
1992. Sylvia. 332 pp, 21.7 cm, A Birch Lane Press Book, introduction to the first American edition published under his own name. Carol Publishing Group. Secaucus, NJ. ISBN: 1-55972-128-6.



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1993. Sabin, Arthur J. [1930-]. Red Scare in Court: New York versus the International Workers Order. foreword by Howard Fast. xviii, 369 pp, 24 cm, bibl. refs, index. University of Pennsylvania Press. Philadelphia. ISBN: 0812231899.*



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1995. Fast, Bette. The Sculpture of Bette Fast. foreword by Howard Fast. Introduction by M.E. Sharpe. 56 pp, 28 cm, pbk, 1st edition, M.E. Sharpe. Armonk, N.Y. ISBN: 1563245876.*



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1998. Buhle, Paul and Edmund B. Sullivan. Images of American Radicalism. foreword by Howard Fast. 462 pp, Christopher Publishing House. ISBN: 0815805098.

Historians Buhle and Sullivan engagingly document here the history of American radicalism. The more than 1500 illustrations provided - 72 in color - are paintings, drawings, cartoons, photographs, lithographs, posters, and other graphics depicting religious visionaries, Shakers, abolitionists, suffragists, anarchists, socialists, Communists, feminists, trade unionists, Civil Rights workers, gay and lesbian activists, environmentalists, and others in their quest for a cooperative society overcoming a competitive capitalism. (Library Journal)



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