383 pages
English language
Published Jan. 4, 2005 by New American Library.
It can't happen here
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It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things, putting his enemies in concentration camps.
Subjects
- Presidents -- United States -- Fiction
- Presidents -- Election -- Fiction
- Anti-fascist movements -- Fiction
- Newspaper editors -- Fiction
- Dictators -- Fiction
- Fascists -- Fiction