Joe Steele [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Turtledove, Harry

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ISBN 10: 0451472195 ISBN 13: 9780451472199

Casa editrice: Ace, 2015

Riassunto

The New York Times bestselling author of the Supervolcano trilogy envisions the election of a United States President whose political power will redefine what the nation is—and what it means to be American...
 
The Great Depression continues to cast its dark shadow over the country. Desperate times call for desperate measures, so the Democratic Party makes an interesting nomination for their Presidential candidate: California Congressman Joe Steele, the son of a Russian immigrant laborer who identifies more with the common man than with the wealthy power brokers in Washington D.C.
 
Achieving a landslide victory, President Joe Steele wastes no time pushing through Congress reforms that put citizens back to work. Anyone who gets in his way is getting in the way of America, and that includes the highest in the land. But Steele’s homeland political enemies pale in comparison to European tyrants whose posturing seems sure to drag America into war...  

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Recensione:

“Entertaining...Turtledove fans and people who enjoy dystopias will certainly want to pick up Joe Steele."—SFFWorld

“If you like playing with ‘what-if’s’ in your fiction, then Joe Steele offers you a lot to think about. In the end, I loved it."—Alternate HIstory Weekly Update

L'autore:

Harry Turtledove, the New York Times bestselling author of the Supervolcano trilogy and the Atlantis trilogy, has a PhD in Byzantine history. Nominated for the Nebula Award, he has won the Hugo, Sidewise, and John Esthen Cook awards. He lives with his wife and children in California.

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• Editore: Ace
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0451472195
• ISBN 13: 9780451472199
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 464