| Variant title |
It cannot happen here |
| Abstract |
A New England newspaper editor fights to destroy the fascist dictatorship established by President Berzelius Windrip in this classic work by the author of Babbit, Arrowsmith, and Main Street that prophesizes the coming of totalitarianism in the United States. |
| Abstract |
"It Can't Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis's 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 Hitler's 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 "a message to thinking Americans" by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935, It Can't Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as today's news."--Amazon.com. |
| General note | Reprint. Originally published: New York : Signet Classics, 2005. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 381-383). |
| Issued in other form | Online version: Lewis, Sinclair, 1885-1951. It can't happen here. New York : New American Library, ©2005 |
| Genre/form | Political fiction. |
| Genre/form | Political fiction. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Political fiction. |
| Genre/form | Allegories. |
| Genre/form | Fiction. |
| Genre/form | Romans. |
| LCCN | 2004061606 |
| ISBN | 045121658X (paperback.) |
| ISBN | 9780451216588 (paperback) |
