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Richard Poe
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By:
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Harry Turtledove
President Herbert Hoover has failed America. The Great Depression that rose from the ashes of the 1929 stock market crash still casts its dark shadow over the country. Despairing and desperate, the American people hope one of the potential Democratic candidates - New York governor Franklin D. Roosevelt and California congressman Joe Steele - can get the nation on the road to recovery. But fate snatches away one hope when a mansion fire claims the life of Roosevelt, leaving the Democratic party little choice but to nominate Steele, son of a Russian immigrant laborer who identifies more with the common man than with Washington, DC's wealthy power brokers.
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. Joe Steele's critics may believe the government is gaining too much control, but they tend to find themselves in work camps if they make too much noise about it. And most people welcome strong leadership, full employment, and an absence of complaining from the newspapers - especially as Hitler and Trotsky begin the kind of posturing that seems sure to drag America into war.
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The story is both wide and deep. It encompasses what happens to the whole country by focusing on two brothers. Because of that, the narrative holds together well.Any additional comments?
Joe Steele is based on the assumption that people as a whole would meekly roll over for a totalitarian government. That premise is the basis for the entire story. To not allow for any reaction other than the two brothers' seems a hole in the story that should have been filled.Good, but not his best
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My first three was The Hot War. I enjoy every second of the book. I was able to get through it fast on my commute to and from work. I enjoy the story character’s and the narration. The ending is a good cliffhanger. Hope there will be a sequel.
An excellent Story!
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The whole story
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