It Can't Happen Here

By Sinclair Lewis

Subjects: Vermont, fiction, Canada, fiction, Science fiction, Fiction, war & military, Newspaper editors, Presidents, Politics and government, Fascists, Fiction, historical, general, Fiction, political, Election, Presidents, united states, fiction, Dictators, Patriotism, Fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Drama, Anti-fascist movements, Elections, Revolutions

Description: It Can't Happen Here is a semi-satirical American political novel published in 1935. It's Plot centers around newspaperman Doremus Jessup's struggle against the fascist regime of America' new president, Berzelius "Buzz" Windrip. Windripis elected on a platform promising to restore prosperity and $5,000 a year for all citizens. Once in office, however, he becomes a dictator, among other things, putting his enemies in concentration camps.