Childhood and Youth, 1903–1924
Childhood and Youth, 1903–1924
This chapter examines Crouch's life, as well as his intellectual and ideological growth from birth through the age of twenty-one. Raised in Wilkes County, North Carolina, but coming of age in Dover, Delaware, during the First Red Scare, Crouch showed an early intellectual bent towards Communism. This interest also led him to appreciate the lengths to which the government would go to prevent a radical reordering of American society. Despite that awareness, he developed a sympathy for the downtrodden, which became clear in his early writings, jobs, and, most notably, his early journalistic efforts with Pearson's Paper. While not an ideologue or a confirmed Communist, Crouch's early life set him firmly on the path to both.
Keywords: Paul Crouch, First Red Scare, Communism, Pearson's Paper, North Carolina, Delaware
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