IT CAN'T HAPPEN HERE: A NOVEL ...
Garden City: Doubleday, Doran & Company, Inc., 1935. Octavo, pp. [1-6] [1] 2-458, original decorated black cloth, front panel stamped in blind, spine panel stamped in gold, top edge stained yellow, cream endpapers. First edition. Semi-satirical dystopian political novel written during the rise of Adolf Hitler and also influenced by the Senator Huey Long. The novel poses a populist Democratic Senator running for and becoming President of the United States on a platform against immigration, the liberal media, elites and welfare cheats. The newly elected President leads the country into fascism. "In our brave imaginations, we undoubtedly do the right thing when fascism comes to America. In reality, we might not recognize it while it’s happening." - Beverly Gage, essay in the NY Times - 17 Janaury, 2017. Anatomy of Wonder (1976) 3-34; (1981) 2-58; (1987) 2-62; (1995) 2-71; and (2004) II-670. Clarke, Tale of the Future (1978), p. 68. Clareson, Science Fiction in America, 1870s-1930s 508. Sargent, British and American Utopian Literature, 1516-1985, p. 207. Survey of Science Fiction Literature III, pp. 1089-93. Bleiler (1978), p. 124. Reginald 09036. Hanna, A Mirror for the Nation 2174. Small ownership sticker to lower edge of front paste down, a fine copy in a nearly fine dust jacket (priced $2.50) with mild rubbing, a closed tear with creases to the upper rear panel and mild soiling to rear panel. (23161). Item #23161
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