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- Herausgeber: Ingersoll Books
- Kategorie: Gesellschafts- und Liebesromane
- Sprache: Englisch
- Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2022
An obscure masterpiece until recently discovered because of its eerie predictions, Ingersoll Lockwood's fin de siècle short story 1900; or, The Last President uncannily describes the current political situation in America today. Indeed, many believe the author tapped into a mysterious force in the composition of his eerily clairvoyant tale - and in the writing of a series of books about a young Baron Trump and his adventures in New York, for which he is also known. The futuristic fable 1900 outlines the rise of a populist president and extrapolates what the consequences of electing such a seemingly popular Commander-in-Chief might be.
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1900; or, The Last President
Ingersoll Lockwood
Published by Ingersoll Books, 2022.
Copyright
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1900; or, The Last President by Ingersoll Lockwood. First published in 1896.
New edition published by Ingersoll Books, 2022.
Table of Contents
Title Page
Copyright Page
1900; or, The Last President
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
Chapter IV
Chapter V
Chapter VI
Chapter VII
Chapter VIII
Chapter IX
Chapter X
Further Reading: The Life of the Empress Josephine
The Chicago Platform assumes, in fact, the form of a revolutionary propaganda. It embodies a menace of national disintegration and destruction.
- Garret A. Hobart.
Chapter I
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. [Ingersoll and his older brother Henry ran a successful law firm in New York City. The original frontispiece of 1900; or; The Last President read: “By Ingersoll Lockwood, of the New York Bar.”]
The people were gathered, lighthearted and confident, at the evening meal, when the news burst upon them. It was like a thunderbolt out of an azure sky: “Altgeld [Illinois politician John Peter Altgeld (1847-1902)] holds Illinois hard and fast in the Democratic line. This elects Bryan [1896 Presidential candidate William Jennings Bryan (1860-1925)]. President of the United States!”
Strange to say, the people in the upper portion of the city made no movement to rush out of their houses and collect in the public squares, although the night was clear and beautiful. They sat as if paralyzed with a nameless dread, and when they conversed it was with bated breath and throbbing hearts.
