{"id":3823972876367,"title":"Undercover Girl","handle":"undercover-girl","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003cspan size=\"4\" style=\"font-size: large;\"\u003eUndercover Girl\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan size=\"3\" style=\"font-size: medium;\"\u003eThe Lesbian Informant Who Helped the FBI Bring Down the Communist Party\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR\/ILLUSTRATOR INFO BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBy: \u003ca href=\"\/pages\/lisa-davis\" title=\"Link to Lisa David bio page\"\u003eLisa E. Davis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e“Lisa Davis’ vividly written biography of Angela Calomiris, the FBI's lesbian informant, is filled with gay surprises, and bitter secrets. A splendid addition to the Red Scare history.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt biographer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Red Scare, Angela Calomiris was a paid FBI informant inside the American Communist Party. As a Greenwich Village photographer, Calomiris spied on the New York Photo League, pioneers in documentary photography. While local Party officials may have had their suspicions about her sexuality, her apparent dedication to the cause won them over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Calomiris testified for the prosecution at the 1949 Smith Act trial of the Party's National Board, her identity as an informant (but not as a lesbian) was revealed. Her testimony sent eleven Party leaders to prison and decimated the ranks of the Communist Party in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndercover Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is both a new chapter in Cold War history and an intimate look at the relationship between the FBI and one of its paid informants. Ambitious and sometimes ruthless, Calomiris defied convention in her quest for celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIra Wood of WOMR - Provincetown interviews author Lisa Davis:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/321608850\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;visual=true\" width=\"50%\" height=\"250\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Not My Mother's Kitchen\" href=\"\/products\/not-my-mothers-kitchen\"\u003eNot My Mother's Kitchen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Peter Paul and Mary\" href=\"\/products\/peter-paul-and-mary-fifty-years-in-music-and-life\"\u003ePeter Paul and Mary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/undercover-girl-cover_medium.jpg?532\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/undercover-girl-hires.zip?532\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLisa E. Davis has lived in Greenwich Village for many years and loves to write about it. With a PhD in Comparative Literature, Davis taught for years at SUNY and CUNY, published numerous essays, and lectured widely on New World and European literary topics. Her novel \u003ci\u003eUnder the Mink\u003c\/i\u003e, a film noir tale of gay and lesbian entertainers in mob-owned Village nightclubs of the 1940s, was re-issued in 2015 to considerable acclaim. Her LGBTQ-themed short fiction and nonfiction have appeared in various domestic and foreign anthologies and periodicals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/pages\/lisa-davis\" title=\"Link to Lisa David bio page\"\u003eRead more\u003c\/a\u003e about Lisa.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - ENTER REVIEWS BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eEditorial Reviews\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavis ensures that Calomiris will not slip quietly into obscurity, instead preserving her uncomfortable part in the Red Scare.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndercover Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is the biography of Angela Calomiris, a Greenwich Village lesbian who worked with the FBI during the Red Scare. Historian and writer Lisa E. 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Davis\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER HEADING BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch3\u003e“Lisa Davis’ vividly written biography of Angela Calomiris, the FBI's lesbian informant, is filled with gay surprises, and bitter secrets. A splendid addition to the Red Scare history.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e–Blanche Wiesen Cook, Eleanor Roosevelt biographer\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - ENTER DESCRIPTION BELOW - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAt the height of the Red Scare, Angela Calomiris was a paid FBI informant inside the American Communist Party. As a Greenwich Village photographer, Calomiris spied on the New York Photo League, pioneers in documentary photography. While local Party officials may have had their suspicions about her sexuality, her apparent dedication to the cause won them over.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWhen Calomiris testified for the prosecution at the 1949 Smith Act trial of the Party's National Board, her identity as an informant (but not as a lesbian) was revealed. Her testimony sent eleven Party leaders to prison and decimated the ranks of the Communist Party in the US.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eUndercover Girl\u003c\/i\u003e is both a new chapter in Cold War history and an intimate look at the relationship between the FBI and one of its paid informants. Ambitious and sometimes ruthless, Calomiris defied convention in her quest for celebrity.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIra Wood of WOMR - Provincetown interviews author Lisa Davis:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?url=https%3A\/\/api.soundcloud.com\/tracks\/321608850\u0026amp;auto_play=false\u0026amp;hide_related=false\u0026amp;show_comments=true\u0026amp;show_user=true\u0026amp;show_reposts=false\u0026amp;visual=true\" width=\"50%\" height=\"250\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\"\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER RECOMMENDATIONS BELOW - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"recommended-books\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIf you like this book, you’ll enjoy these:\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Not My Mother's Kitchen\" href=\"\/products\/not-my-mothers-kitchen\"\u003eNot My Mother's Kitchen\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ca title=\"Peter Paul and Mary\" href=\"\/products\/peter-paul-and-mary-fifty-years-in-music-and-life\"\u003ePeter Paul and Mary\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - START OF TABS - - - - - - - -- - - --\u003e [TABS]\n\u003ch5\u003eDownloadables\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: left;\"\u003e\u003cimg alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/undercover-girl-cover_medium.jpg?532\" style=\"display: block; float: none; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\"\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"btn-wrapper\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0750\/0101\/files\/undercover-girl-hires.zip?532\" class=\"product-btn\"\u003eDownload the Cover\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c!-- - - - - - - - - - - - ENTER AUTHOR BIO BELOW - - - - - - - - - --\u003e\n\u003ch5\u003eAuthor \u0026amp; Illustrator\u003c\/h5\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eLisa E. Davis has lived in Greenwich Village for many years and loves to write about it. With a PhD in Comparative Literature, Davis taught for years at SUNY and CUNY, published numerous essays, and lectured widely on New World and European literary topics. Her novel \u003ci\u003eUnder the Mink\u003c\/i\u003e, a film noir tale of gay and lesbian entertainers in mob-owned Village nightclubs of the 1940s, was re-issued in 2015 to considerable acclaim. 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