The Leonard Lopate Show: The Letters of Jessica Mitford

The Letters of Jessica Mitford

Muckraking journalist Jessica Mitford rejected her aristocratic English roots and moved to America, where she became a communist, a union organizer, and a civil rights activist. Editor Peter Sussman and Jessica Mitford's daughter Constancia "Dinky" Romilly talk about Decca, a new collection of Mitford’s letters.

Decca is available for purchase at amazon.com

Guests:

Constancia "Dinky" Romilly and Peter Sussman

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