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With an overdrive account, you can save your favorite libraries for ataglance information about availability. Fortunately, it was made into an audible audiobook, which we are excerpting here with thanks and credit to amazon and blackstone audio, inc. Moffitt adapted from the novel the novel was published during the heyday of fascism in europe, which was reported on by dorothy thompson, lewis wife. It cant happen here, a novel by lewis, sinclair, 18851951. He is a cult leader of a movement that has taken over a political party and he specifically campaigned on a platform of oneman rule. Oct 25, 2016 a table reading at the brown box theater, october 23, 2016. This is a summary and analysis of it can t happen here and not the original book with news of the dictatorship adolph hitler is building in germany and the fascist regime taking root in italy, lewis sinclair attacks the basic american precept that something of that magnitude cannot happen here. Salon it cant happen here is the only one of sinclair lewiss later novels to match the power of main street, babbitt, and arrowsmith.
Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on youtube. A nationwide reading event in association with berkeley repertory theatre and with special thanks to acme theatre company. When berzelius buzz windrip is elected president of the united states, he does so by inciting fear and dissent, promising massive economic and social changes in order to regain americas prominence in the world. He visits his estranged wife vera, a chemist who is involved with a group of exiles trying to smuggle their compatriots out of liquidatzia. This is an audiobooks presentation using tts texttospeech synthesis technology. This is a summary and analysis of it cant happen here and not the original book with news of the dictatorship adolph hitler is building in germany and the fascist regime taking root in italy, lewis sinclair attacks the basic american precept that something of that magnitude cannot happen here. The temptations i cant get next to you 1969 remastered audio by tt vrus 18. Natas has a list of agents operating in the host country and. The story follows the rise of a fascist regime in america, as senator berzelius buzz windrip is elected president of the united states and then.
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