Anarchist
by Smolens, John
- Used
- near fine
- Paperback
- Condition
- Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0307351890
- ISBN 13
- 9780307351890
- Seller
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Monroe, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
unused book from closed bookstore inventory with a little wear; clean, tight and square, text is clean and unmarked, no spine crease, no tears, bottom front corner tip is bumped and lightly creased, edges are lightly rubbed, pages are lightly yellowed
Synopsis
On a stifling, hot afternoon in September 1901, a young anarchist, Leon Czolgosz, who has been stalking President William McKinley, waits in line to meet the president, his right hand wrapped in a handkerchief and held across his chest as though it were in a sling. But the handkerchief conceals a .32-caliber revolver. When the president greets him, Czolgosz fires two shots.The nation quickly plummets into fear and anger. A week later, rioting mobs attempt to lynch McKinley's assassin, and across the country, political dissidents such as the notorious Emma Goldman are tracked down and arrested. Driven by a sense of duty and by his love for a beautiful Russian prostitute, Czolgosz's confidant, Moses Hyde, infiltrates an anarchist group as it sets in motion a deadly scheme designed to push the country into a state of terror.The Anarchist brilliantly renders a haunting and belligerent twentieth-century landscape teeming with corrupt politicians, kind-hearted prostitutes, dissidents, and immigrants eager for a fresh start. It is an America where every allegiance is questioned, and every hope and aspiration comes at a price.From the Trade Paperback edition.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Book Nook Monroe (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 502341
- Title
- Anarchist
- Author
- Smolens, John
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- first printing
- ISBN 10
- 0307351890
- ISBN 13
- 9780307351890
- Publisher
- Three Rivers Press
- Place of Publication
- New York, NY, USA
- Date Published
- 2009
- Pages
- 338
- Size
- 8vo - over 7 3/4 - 9 3/4" tall
- Keywords
- fiction, historical fiction, anarchists, McKinley assassination, suspense, plots, terrorism
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction - General; Action / Suspense; Fiction - Historical;
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