1900, or the Last President, Ingersoll Lockwood
1900, or the Last President, Ingersoll Lockwood
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1900, or the Last President
The Book That Predicted Donald Trump's Presidency

Author: Ingersoll Lockwood

Narrator: Joseph Kant

Unabridged: 1 hr 2 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HN Publishing

Published: 01/01/2018

Synopsis

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 that this work, along with others by Lockwood, appear to prognosticate the current political climate of the United States and West at large—and for an apparent religious Catholic of his era, it is not altogether impossible that Lockwood—wittingly or unwittingly—tapped into some mystic forces. Regardless, it is an interesting little political story from its time and is reflective of some of the social ideologies and movements of the age.

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

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