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It can't happen here / Sinclair Lewis ; with an introduction by Michael Meyer and a new afterword by Gary Scharnhorst.
Record details
- ISBN: 0451465644 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 9780451465641 (pbk.)
- Physical Description: xv, 397 pages ; 19 cm
- Publisher: New York, New York : Signet Classics, [2014]
- Copyright: ©1963
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 395-397). |
| Immediate Source of Acquisition Note: | LSC 11.99 |
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| Subject: | Classics > Fiction Literary > Fiction Presidents > United States > Fiction. Presidents > Election > Fiction. Anti-fascist movements > Fiction. Newspaper editors > Fiction. Dictators > Fiction. Fascists > Fiction. Vermont > Fiction. Canada > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Political fiction. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
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| Lakeshore Branch | FIC Lewis | 31681020043261 | FICTIONPBK | Available | - |
- Penguin Putnam
âThe novel that foreshadowed Donald Trumpâs authoritarian appeal.ââSalon
It Canât Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewisâs later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.
Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitlerâs aggression, it juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheats, sex, crime, and a liberal press.
Called âa message to thinking Americansâ by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Canât Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as todayâs news.
With an Introduction by Michael Meyer
and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst
