You might enjoy A Man in Full as a followup. Similar in scope and breadth, but in a "New South" setting.
is that about the fascist coup that a bunch of industrialists tried to stage against fdr in the 30's? they tried to get two time congressional medal of honor winner general smedley butler to lead the coup. he pretended to go along with it long enough to learn the plot and who was involved, than turned them in. one of the alleged plotters was none other than prescott bush, the current presidents grandfather. EDIT: no it isnt - sounds interesting though. i read more history than ficton, but this seems like a cool read.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smedley_Butler In 1934, Butler came forward and reported to the U.S. Congress that a group of wealthy pro-Fascist industrialists had been plotting to overthrow the government of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in a military coup. Even though the congressional investigating committee corroborated most of the specifics of his testimony, no further action was taken.[1][3] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_Plot The Business Plot, the Plot Against FDR, or the White House Putsch, was a political conspiracy involving several wealthy businessmen to overthrow the presidency of Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1933. Details of the matter came to light when retired Marine Corps Major General Smedley Butler testified before a Congressional committee that a group of men had attempted to recruit him to serve as the leader of a plot and to assume and wield power once the coup was successful. Butler testified before the McCormack-Dickstein Committee in 1934.[1] In his testimony, Butler claimed that a group of several men had approached him as part of a plot to overthrow Roosevelt in a military coup. One of the alleged plotters, Gerald MacGuire, vehemently denied any such plot. In their final report, the Congressional committee supported Butler's allegations on the existence of the plot,[2] but no prosecutions or further investigations followed, and the matter was mostly forgotten. Major General Butler claimed that the American Liberty League was the primary means of funding the plot. The main backers were the Du Pont family, as well as leaders of U.S. Steel, General Motors, Standard Oil, Chase National Bank, and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. A BBC documentary about the plot alleges that Prescott Bush, father and grandfather to the 41st and 43rd US Presidents respectively, was also connected.[3] http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio4/history/document/document_20070723.shtml The coup was aimed at toppling President Franklin D Roosevelt with the help of half-a-million war veterans. The plotters, who were alleged to involve some of the most famous families in America, (owners of Heinz, Birds Eye, Goodtea, Maxwell Hse & George Bush’s Grandfather, Prescott) believed that their country should adopt the policies of Hitler and Mussolini to beat the great depression.
Vol. 2 of Shelby Foote's epochal history of the civil war, from Fredricksburg to Meridian. Just finished the bit on Chickamauga- that's some ****, right there...
I just bought Nikki Sixx's Heroin Diaries today! I just finished reading the Switching Time and got very interested when i looked up Nikki's Book!
Recently completed Catch 22 - Joseph Heller I didn't do it for you - Michela Wrong (Eritrea) Against all Odds (Unscathed)- Escape from Sierra Leone - Phil Ashby First In - Gary Schroen The Alienist - Caleb Car Spy Dust - Antonio Mendez Overthrow - Stephen Kinzer Freakonomics - Steven Levitt/Stephen Dubner Red Gold - Alan Furst Remembrance Day - Henry Porter Harry Potter Deathly Hallows - JK Rowling Protect and Defend - Vince Flynn Currently Reading An Army at Dawn - Rick Atkinson Soon to read A Rumor of War - Philip Caputo To the Last Man - Jeff Shaara Consiracy of Fools - Kurt Eichenweld In the Footsteps of Mr Kurtz - Michela Wrong
one of the great books of the 20th century. i didn't understand Gulliver's travels until i'd read catch-uh 22.
