August 16, 2019 Mark Tapson
“David Karr was the ‘Zelig’ of 20th century American life,” begins Prof. Harvey Klehr’s book The Millionaire Was a Soviet Mole: The Twisted Life of David Karr, from Encounter Books. Zelig was the fictional character from Woody Allen’s 1984 mockumentary of the same name, about a mysterious figure who swam in the currents of celebrity in the 1920s and ‘30s. Karr’s wild life careened from Communist activist to muckraking journalist, from publicist to corporate executive, from moviemaker to hotel executive, from international businessman to Soviet spy. He rubbed shoulders with presidents and politicians, and was even denounced on the floor of the Senate by Joseph McCarthy.
When Karr died suddenly in 1979, rumors abounded that he had been murdered. The fact that the suspects included everyone from the KGB and CIA to the Mossad and Mafia gives one some idea as to how varied and shadowy his career had been.
The author of this riveting new biography, Harvey Klehr, is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Politics and History and former chairman of the political science department at Emory University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of thirteen books, three of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, including Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America. He has also written for Commentary, The New Republic, Wall Street Journal, and Weekly Standard.........To Read More.....
“David Karr was the ‘Zelig’ of 20th century American life,” begins Prof. Harvey Klehr’s book The Millionaire Was a Soviet Mole: The Twisted Life of David Karr, from Encounter Books. Zelig was the fictional character from Woody Allen’s 1984 mockumentary of the same name, about a mysterious figure who swam in the currents of celebrity in the 1920s and ‘30s. Karr’s wild life careened from Communist activist to muckraking journalist, from publicist to corporate executive, from moviemaker to hotel executive, from international businessman to Soviet spy. He rubbed shoulders with presidents and politicians, and was even denounced on the floor of the Senate by Joseph McCarthy.
When Karr died suddenly in 1979, rumors abounded that he had been murdered. The fact that the suspects included everyone from the KGB and CIA to the Mossad and Mafia gives one some idea as to how varied and shadowy his career had been.
The author of this riveting new biography, Harvey Klehr, is the Andrew W. Mellon Professor Emeritus of Politics and History and former chairman of the political science department at Emory University. He is the author, co-author, or editor of thirteen books, three of which have been nominated for the Pulitzer Prize, including Spies: The Rise and Fall of the KGB in America. He has also written for Commentary, The New Republic, Wall Street Journal, and Weekly Standard.........To Read More.....
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