The Plot Against America |
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Author:
| Roth, Philip |
Read by:
| Silver, Ron |
ISBN: | 978-0-618-50929-4 |
Publication Date: | Oct 2004 |
Publisher: | Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company
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Book Format: | CD-Audio |
List Price: | USD $45.00 |
Book Description:
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When the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America. Not only had Lindbergh, in a nationwide radio address, publicly blamed the Jews for selfishly pushing America toward a pointless war with Nazi Germany, but upon taking office as the thirty-third president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial...
More DescriptionWhen the renowned aviation hero and rabid isolationist Charles A. Lindbergh defeated Franklin Roosevelt by a landslide in the 1940 presidential election, fear invaded every Jewish household in America. Not only had Lindbergh, in a nationwide radio address, publicly blamed the Jews for selfishly pushing America toward a pointless war with Nazi Germany, but upon taking office as the thirty-third president of the United States, he negotiated a cordial #147;understanding” with Adolf Hitler, whose conquest of Europe and virulent anti-Semitic policies he appeared to accept without difficulty. What then followed in America is the historical setting for this startling new book by Pulitzer Prize#150;winner Philip Roth, who recounts what it was like for his Newark family #151; and for a million such families all over the country #151; during the menacing years of the Lindbergh presidency, when American citizens who happened to be Jews had every reason to expect the worst.