| The Plot Against America - Houghton Mifflin,
(2004)
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| Front Cover |
Book Details |
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| Genre |
Fiction |
| Subject |
Lindbergh, Charles A. (Charles Augustus), 1902-1974 - Fiction; Presidents - United States - Fiction; Presidents - Election - Fiction; Jews - United States - Fiction; Jewish Families - Fiction; Antisemitism - Fiction; Newark (N.J.) - Fiction |
| Publication Date |
9/5/2004 |
| Format |
Hardcover (9.0
x
5.9
mm)
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| Publisher |
Houghton Mifflin |
| Language |
English |
| Extras |
Dust Jacket; Dust Jacket Cover |
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| Description |
| When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America. Not only had Lindbergh, in a nationwide radio address, publicly blamed the Jews for selfishly pushing America toward a pointless war with Nazi Germany, but upon taking office as the thirty-third president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial “understanding” with Adolf Hitler, whose conquest of Europe and virulent anti-Semitic policies he appeared to accept without difficulty. What then followed in America is the historical setting for this startling new book by Pulitzer Prize–winner Philip Roth, who recounts what it was like for his Newark family — and for a million such families all over the country — during the menacing years of the Lindbergh presidency, when American citizens who happened to be Jews had every reason to expect the worst. |
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| Product Details |
| LoC Classification |
PS3568.O855 .P58 2004 |
| Dewey |
813.54 |
| ISBN |
9780618509287 |
| Cover Price |
$26.00 |
| No. of Pages |
400 |
| First Edition |
No |
| Rare |
No |
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| Notes/Review |
| Although this is an "alternate history" novel, it is not so much about a world where Lindbergh beats FDR in 1940 as it is about an eight year old Jewish boy living in that world. This boy tells us what happens in his neighborhood, but sometimes what happens is skewed by his imagination. What really goes on in the cellar? Did his neighbor commit suicide or die of cancer? The events of the wider world put young Phil Roth's family through trying times. Phil sees how his mother and father, brother and cousin deal with these events and this changes what he thinks of them. |
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