1900: Or; The Last President

Name: 1900: Or; The Last President
Brand: Dreamscape Media
Availability: InStock
Rating: 5 (1 reviews)
Author: Ingersoll Lockwood
ISBN: 9781520087658

Author: Ingersoll Lockwood

Narrator: John Pruden

Unabridged: 1 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Dreamscape Media

Published: 09/05/2017

Categories: Fiction, Political

Synopsis

This near-future political satire about the election of a new president argues that socialism and populism will eventually give rise to chaos and disaster. Authored by Ingersoll Lockwood-around whom conspiracy theories concerning the sci-fi/fantasy character Baron Trump now abound-1900; or, The Last President is notable for both its clairvoyance and its reflection on the social movements and political climate of its time.

About Ingersoll Lockwood

Ingersoll Lockwood (1841-1918) was a New York attorney who wrote several children's books as well as satire and nonfiction. Best known as the author of the Baron Trump series, he wrote in a style that mixed fantasy with young-reader-oriented science fiction-a style that anticipated and may have influenced L. Frank Baum's Oz series.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Manuel on July 29, 2017

What a ride! The editor of this book was right in his foreword: this book is full of synchronism. They way the story developes is uncanny. The decline of good morals and a striving society feels like what the left is doing today around the world.......more

Goodreads review by Josh on January 28, 2019

What a weird, hyperbolic little book. Definitely written by a lawyer. AND! The Secretary of Agriculture is named Pence! So, you know, time travel. The weirdest thing about this book is that I think Tolkien must have read it because it also has a "Dawnless Day" that occurs in early March. Coincidence......more

Goodreads review by Joyce on November 22, 2017

Alternate history published in 1896 and imagining a future (1898) election that put William Jennings Bryan in power, and he immediately took America off the gold standard. Prescient for those unhappy with the 2016 election; the issues are different but the turmoil seems similar--although I'm hoping......more

Goodreads review by Iam on October 06, 2020

Wwg1wga time travel is the truth #maga......more

Goodreads review by Stephen on March 07, 2025

Concerning “The Last President” by Lockwood there is an amazing feat of prescience that you will not find remarked upon pretty much anywhere as the subject had largely been exhausted by the time that day in the book came about in our present day. People were enamored with all Q-oincidences and a pos......more