Tue Jul 24, 2018, 07:12 AM

octoberlib (14,934 posts)

Penguin 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

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Penguin Classics Back Cover Blurb for Sinclair Lewis' Novel It Can't Happen Here- Sound Familiar? (Original post)	octoberlib	Jul 2018	OP
What a prediction	Doodley	Jul 2018	#1
Important post.	zanana1	Jul 2018	#2
I think it should be required reading in HS. I'd read some of Sinclair Lewis' books but didn't	octoberlib	Jul 2018	#3
I read this at the beginning of the last presidential campaign	Louis1895	Jul 2018	#4
The book can be read on Project Gutenberg for free. Link below if interested...	WePurrsevere	Jul 2018	#5
Thanks for posting. Mine was a free download.	octoberlib	Jul 2018	#7
Note that legality of download may vary with user's country & copyright laws.	sl8	Jul 2018	#8
Good point. Thanks. It's addressed at the Gutenberg link but not...	WePurrsevere	Jul 2018	#10
Read this book in the 60s. Freaked me out. Unable to reread	bobbieinok	Jul 2018	#6
Hadn't heard of it - just bought it! The blurb	pnwest	Jul 2018	#9

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 07:21 AM

Doodley (8,748 posts)

1. What a prediction

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 07:24 AM

zanana1 (5,540 posts)

2. Important post.

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.

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 07:42 AM

octoberlib (14,934 posts)

3. I think it should be required reading in HS. I'd read some of Sinclair Lewis' books but didn't

read this until about 2 years ago.

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 07:45 AM

Louis1895 (758 posts)

4. I read this at the beginning of the last presidential campaign

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.

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 07:53 AM

WePurrsevere (24,259 posts)

5. The book can be read on Project Gutenberg for free. Link below if interested...

http://gutenberg.net.au/ebooks03/0301001h.html

You can also download it in 3 formats from Goodreads...
https://www.goodreads.com/ebooks/download/11371.It_Can_t_Happen_Here

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 08:02 AM

octoberlib (14,934 posts)

7. Thanks for posting. Mine was a free download.

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 08:06 AM

sl8 (11,480 posts)

8. Note that legality of download may vary with user's country & copyright laws.

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http://onlinebooks.library.upenn.edu/webbin/nonus?id=olbp32837

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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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10. Good point. Thanks. It's addressed at the Gutenberg link but not...

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.

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 07:58 AM

bobbieinok (12,858 posts)

6. Read this book in the 60s. Freaked me out. Unable to reread

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Tue Jul 24, 2018, 08:52 AM

pnwest (3,181 posts)

9. Hadn't heard of it - just bought it! The blurb

alone is enough to pique my interest. Could have been written yesterday!

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