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In Ingersoll Lockwood's 1900; Or, The Last President, a politically charged New York City is on edge after a political outsider overcomes stiff opposition to be elected President of the United States. Mob rule threatens, and marching protests rove up and down Fifth Avenue... Read Full Overview

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"That was a terrible night for the great City of New York-the night of Tuesday, November 3rd, 1896. The city staggered under the blow like a huge ocean liner which plunges, full speed, with terrific crash into a mighty iceberg, and... Read Full Overview

That was a terrible night for the great City of New York--the night of Tuesday, November 3rd, 1896. The city staggered under the blow like a huge ocean liner which plunges, full speed, with terrific crash into a mighty iceberg, and recoils shattered and trembling like an aspen... Read Full Overview

This little booklet was penned at the end of the 19th century, and ostensibly involves events mere years later. A work of political satire, it chastises the rise of socialism and populism, inferring their fictional rise here as disastrous and leading to chaos. It is of note here... Read Full Overview

The Last President (or 1900), is a novel by Ingersoll Lockwood, written over a century ago. It became an instant best seller this year, when people began to notice that his author has also written two novels about "Baron Trump", novels that recount the adventures of the German... Read Full Overview

An obscure masterpiece until recently discovered because of its eerie predictions, Ingersoll Lockwood's fin de si cle short story 1900; or, The Last President uncannily describes the current political situation in America today. Indeed, many believe the author tapped... Read Full Overview

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States.Many Americans hail him as their Hero, Their Savior or is he?..Was his meteoric rise to power a stroke of Political Luck?, Skill or was Ascention to power really foretold over a Century Ago? In this short Novelette, Author Ingersoll... Read Full Overview

2019 Reprint of 1896 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition software. In this work Lockwood creates an alternate history of the United States that puts William Jennings Bryan in power, and in which Bryan immediately took America... Read Full Overview

As the dawn broke cold and gray, and its first dim light fell upon that shattered dome glorious even in its ruins, a single human eye filled a gleam of devilish joy, looked up at it long and steadily, and then its owner was caught up and lost in the surging mass of humanity... Read Full Overview

In 1896, Ingersoll Lockwood was an American lawyer and writer. As a writer, he is particularly known today for his Baron Trump children's novels. However, he wrote other children's novels, Published dystopian novel, 1900: or; The Last President, a play, and several non-fiction... Read Full Overview

An obscure masterpiece until recently, Ingersoll Lockwood's fin de si?cle short story '1900; or, The Last President' was written in 1896 but uncannily describes the current political situation in America today. Indeed, many readers believe the author tapped into a mysterious... Read Full Overview

► Bilingual parallel text edition

► Facing translations edition on two columns within the same page instead of regular facing page translations: it's easier to read and to check correspondences between the two languages

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