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Alvah Bessie

Alvah Cecil Bessie

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19 featured booksAlvah Cecil Bessie

Alvah Cecil Bessie (June 4, 1904 – July 21, 1985) was an American novelist, journalist and screenwriter who was blacklisted by the movie studios for being one of the Hollywood Ten who refused to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He was a member of the Communist Party USA and participated in paramilitary activity as part of the Comintern's International Brigades during the Spanish Civil War. **Source**: [Alvah Bessie](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alvah_Bessie) on Wikipedia.

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    Alvah Bessie

  • Personal name

    Alvah Cecil Bessie

  • Source identifier

    OL1346137A

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  • Men in Battle

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • The un-Americans

    Representative edition published 2018

    Open Work
  • Alvah Bessie's Spanish Civil War notebooks

    Representative edition published 2002

    Open Work
  • Our Fight

    Representative edition published 1987

    Open Work
  • Bread and a stone

    Representative edition published 1983

    Open Work
  • Alvah Bessie's Short Fictions

    Representative edition published 1982

    Open Work
  • One for my baby

    Representative edition published 1980

    Open Work
  • Spain again

    Representative edition published 1975

    Open Work
  • The symbol

    Representative edition published 1967

    Open Work
  • Inquisition in Eden

    Representative edition published 1965

    Open Work
  • The Best Short Stories of 1933

    Representative edition published 1933

    Open Work
  • Ḥaye kokhevet

    Representative edition published 1977

    Open Work
  • Symvol

    Representative edition published 1972

    Open Work
  • American film in 1960

    Representative edition published 1961

    Open Work
  • The heart of Spain

    Representative edition published 1952

    Open Work
  • Heart of Spain

    Representative edition published 1952

    Open Work
  • This is your enemy

    Representative edition published 1942

    Open Work
  • This is your enemy

    Representative edition published 1942

    Open Work
  • Dwell in the Wilderness

    Representative edition published 1935

    Open Work