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It Can't Happen Here

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Michael Meyer

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Michael Meyer

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Michael Meyer
Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Michael Meyer
Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Michael Meyer
Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

By Sinclair Lewis
Introduction by Michael Meyer
Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

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Oct 04, 2005 | ISBN 9780451216588

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Jan 07, 2014 | ISBN 9780451465641

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Jan 07, 2014 | ISBN 9780698152700

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    About It Can’t Happen Here

    “The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon

    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.

    About It Can’t Happen Here

    “The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon

    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.

    With an Introduction by Michael Meyer
    and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

    About It Can’t Happen Here

    “The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—Salon

    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.

    Includes an Introduction by Michael Meyer
    and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst

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    Also by Sinclair Lewis

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    Main Street
    Arrowsmith
    Elmer Gantry
    Go East, Young Man
    See all books by Sinclair Lewis

    Also by Sinclair Lewis

    Babbitt
    Main Street
    Arrowsmith
    Elmer Gantry
    Go East, Young Man
    See all books by Sinclair Lewis

    About Sinclair Lewis

    Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, the first American novelist to be so honored. He was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the son of a doctor. After an extremely unhappy childhood, he went to Yale… More about Sinclair Lewis

    About Sinclair Lewis

    Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, the first American novelist to be so honored. He was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the son of a doctor. After an extremely unhappy childhood, he went to Yale… More about Sinclair Lewis

    About Sinclair Lewis

    Sinclair Lewis (1885-1951) won the Nobel Prize for literature in 1930, the first American novelist to be so honored. He was born in Sauk Centre, Minnesota, the son of a doctor. After an extremely unhappy childhood, he went to Yale… More about Sinclair Lewis

    Product Details

    Category: Literary Fiction

    Paperback | $15.00
    Published by Berkley
    Oct 04, 2005 | 400 Pages | 5-5/16 x 8 | ISBN 9780451216588

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction

    Mass Market Paperback | $9.99
    Published by Signet
    Jan 07, 2014 | 416 Pages | 4-3/16 x 7-1/2 | ISBN 9780451465641

    Category: Fiction Classics | Historical Fiction

    Ebook | $9.99
    Published by Signet
    Jan 07, 2014 | 416 Pages | ISBN 9780698152700

    Praise

    “Written at white heat.”—Chicago Tribune

    “Not only [Lewis’s] most important book but one of the most important books ever produced in this country.”—The New Yorker 

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