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The center cannot hold / Harry Turtledove.

Turtledove, Harry. (Author).

Summary:

The year is 1924. In the United States, the Socialist Party, led by Hosea Blackford, battles Calvin Coolidge to hold on to the Powell House in Philadelphia. The Confederate States, victorious in the War of Secession but at last tasting defeat in the Great War, suffer poverty and natural calamity. The Freedom Party promises new strength and pride, but if its chief sizes the reins of power, he may prove a dangerous enemy for the hated U.S.A. By the time the 1920s come to a close, catastrophe will cast a poll across the continent -- and in a world of shimmering hatreds, shattered lives, and pent-up violence, the center cannot hold. And for a powerful nation, the ultimate shock is yet to come ...

Record details

  • ISBN: 0345444221
  • ISBN: 9780345444226
  • Physical Description: 619 pages : map ; 18 cm.
  • Edition: 1st mass market ed.
  • Publisher: New York : Del Rey/Ballantine, 2003.

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General Note:
Originally published in 2002.
Subject: North America > Fiction.
United States > Fiction.
Confederate States of America > Fiction.
Genre: Fantasy fiction.
Alternative histories (Fiction)

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520 . ‡aThe year is 1924. In the United States, the Socialist Party, led by Hosea Blackford, battles Calvin Coolidge to hold on to the Powell House in Philadelphia. The Confederate States, victorious in the War of Secession but at last tasting defeat in the Great War, suffer poverty and natural calamity. The Freedom Party promises new strength and pride, but if its chief sizes the reins of power, he may prove a dangerous enemy for the hated U.S.A. By the time the 1920s come to a close, catastrophe will cast a poll across the continent -- and in a world of shimmering hatreds, shattered lives, and pent-up violence, the center cannot hold. And for a powerful nation, the ultimate shock is yet to come ...
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