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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsPenguin Classics Back Cover Blurb for Sinclair Lewis' Novel It Can't Happen Here- Sound Familiar?
http://www.openculture.com/2018/07/penguin-classics-back-cover-blurb-sinclair-lewis-1935-novel-cant-happen.html
Doodley
(8,976 posts)zanana1
(6,084 posts)If only we paid more attention to history, we wouldn't be in this situation. I've never read It Can't Happen Here, but I'm buying it today. Thanks for the post.
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)read this until about 2 years ago.
Louis1895
(768 posts)I thought it was overblown but then Trump came along.
If I remember correctly, each chapter starts with a quote from the anti-hero's book - sort of an "Art of the Deal".
Eerie! Life imitating art.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)You can also download it in 3 formats from Goodreads...
https://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/11371.It_Can_t_Happen_Here
octoberlib
(14,971 posts)sl8
(13,584 posts)Last edited Tue Jul 24, 2018, 09:57 AM - Edit history (1)
http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/nonus?id=olbp32837
However, this title most likely remains copyrighted under United States law, where works copyrighted in 1923 or later can remain under copyright for up to 95 years after publication. It may also be copyrighted in European Union countries and other countries where copyrights can last longer than 50 years past the author's death.
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More at link.
WePurrsevere
(24,259 posts)at Goodreads.
I'm surprised it's not in public domain yet but had forgotten about the change in the law a few years back extending copyrights.
I've already ordered a used paper version. I love ebooks but still prefer paper.
bobbieinok
(12,858 posts)pnwest
(3,265 posts)alone is enough to pique my interest. Could have been written yesterday!