Join author Jeff Kisseloff as he talks about his new book, a revelatory political history that uncovers the innocence of alleged Communist spy Alger Hiss, and points a finger at who was really behind one of the most sensational and divisive accusations in 20th-century America.

When Alger Hiss was accused by Whittaker Chambers in 1948 of being a secret Communist spy in the 1930s, the subsequent perjury trials were some of the most sensational and politically significant trials of the century. Although Hiss was convicted, he maintained his innocence until his death, and historians have taken sides ever since. In this groundbreaking and revelatory book, Jeff Kisseloff brings new perspective, evidence, and revelations to this historical controversy.

Jeff Kisseloff is the author of six books, including three oral histories. His first book, “You Must Remember This,” tells the stories of Manhattan’s neighborhoods from the 1890s to World War II as recalled by the people who lived in them. Fifty years ago, he began work on what would become his life’s work, “Rewriting Hisstory,” an examination of the trials of Alger Hiss (a former Greenwich Village resident!) in which he proves that the former State Department official was actually innocent of the charge that he had once been a spy for the Soviet Union.