| Description |
1 online resource (1 audio file (14hr., 27 min.)) : digital. |
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digital digital recording rda |
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data file rda |
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Digital content provided by hoopla. |
| Performer |
Read by Christopher Hunt. |
| Summary |
First published in 1935, when Americans were still largely oblivious to the rise of Hitler in Europe, this prescient novel tells a cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy and offers an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Doremus Jessup, a newspaper editor, is dismayed to find that many of the people he knows support presidential candidate Berzelius Windrip. The suspiciously fascist Windrip is offering to save the nation from sex, crime, welfare cheats, and a liberal press. But after Windrip wins the election, dissent soon becomes dangerous for Jessup. Windrip forcibly gains control of Congress and the Supreme Court and, with the aid of his personal paramilitary storm troopers, turns the United States into a totalitarian state. |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Subject |
Presidents -- United States -- Fiction.
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Presidents -- Election -- Fiction.
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Anti-fascist movements -- Fiction.
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Newspaper editors -- Fiction.
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Dictators -- Fiction.
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Fascists -- Fiction.
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| Added Author |
Gardner, Grover.
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hoopla digital.
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| ISBN |
9781982486037 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
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1982486031 (sound recording : hoopla Audio Book) |
| Music No. |
MWT11662943 |
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