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The set up is this: ...more...]]> 73713385 974210 6540168 0523485182 9780523485188 1 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6540168-not-this-august 2.00 1 Other than a garrison, disarmament & establishment of food production quotas, the surrender leaves Chiunga Center largely untouched. A paraplegic comes to Justin's farm asking for work. He's given make-work, then leaves. When Justin enters the nearest town, Norton, for supplies, he's drawn into a conspiracy with the paraplegic & others. The former turns out to be an army general. Buried in Chiunga County is a half-finished weapons satellite that requires parts & technical know-how to place it in orbit. The Soviet military police soon apparently capture all of them but himself & the general.
Receiving messages hidden in mail Betsy Cardew delivers, Justin deduces that the contacts he needs are in Washington, PA. With a traveling preacher, Sparhawk, he walks hundreds of miles from Chiunga to Washington. Arrested by a military patrol, they're separated. Justin attempts to pass himself as one of Sparhawk's converts who can't be molested due to the Democratic Republic's freedom of religion. He & Sparhawk are exiled at the town border & soon arrive at Washington, where he's given instructions about an assault planned for Xmas Eve on Chiunga Center to liberate the satellite. He & Sparhawk are sent back there with a specialist.
Despite Soviet torture of a local farmer, they're kept ignorant of what "Xmas Eve", a mild oath they hear sworn by citizens, means until the battle begins. Coordinated by Gen. Hollerith, the paraplegic, area bridges are blown up & arsenals sabotaged as townspeople are armed & fight as the satellite is launched. Hollerith's forces triumph. A radio message declares the satellite will destroy Moscow & Peiping in 24 hours if occupation soldiers don't evacuate American soil & release war prisoners. Hollerith offers Justin high positions, but he declines to kneel in prayer with Sparhawk, fearing mutual assured destruction.]]> 1955 2 0 false Tue Sep 01 00:00:00 -0700 1992 Wed Oct 07 00:32:56 -0700 2009 Wed Oct 07 00:34:43 -0700 2009 1 21461698 1134655 3264386 0ISBN48518 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3264386.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 0 0 false Fri May 02 09:45:07 -0700 2008 Fri May 02 09:45:33 -0700 2008 57937608 2114521 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.33 3 1955 0 0 false Sun May 31 06:36:50 -0700 2009 Sun May 31 06:37:11 -0700 2009 57167284 2296882 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 4 0 false Sun May 24 12:43:39 -0700 2009 Sun May 24 12:43:39 -0700 2009 56272359 564273 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 3 0 false Mon May 18 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Sat May 16 07:24:27 -0700 2009 Mon May 18 19:01:12 -0700 2009 49101294 2116935 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 3 0 false Thu Mar 12 19:03:03 -0700 2009 Thu Mar 12 19:03:03 -0700 2009 45700379 95389 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 0 0 false Sat Feb 07 20:12:34 -0800 2009 Sat Feb 07 20:12:34 -0800 2009 44489123 1958293 3264386 0ISBN48518 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3264386.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 5 0 false Tue Jan 27 00:44:51 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 00:44:51 -0800 2009 43784610 1937017 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 0 0 false Wed Jan 21 00:13:57 -0800 2009 Wed Jan 21 00:13:57 -0800 2009 38564145 993553 5899821 0899683460 9780899683461 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5899821.Not_This_August 3.00 1 1955 3 0 false Mon Nov 24 15:39:47 -0800 2008 Mon Nov 24 15:39:47 -0800 2008 30255598 1323907 3264386 0ISBN48518 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3264386.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 3 0 false Fri Aug 15 14:34:08 -0700 2008 Fri Aug 15 14:34:20 -0700 2008 23739669 1213888 3264386 0ISBN48518 2 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/3264386.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 0 0 false Wed Jun 04 20:36:47 -0700 2008 Wed Jun 04 22:46:37 -0700 2008 14410270 155411 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 0 0 false Sat Feb 02 19:17:19 -0800 2008 Sat Feb 02 19:17:25 -0800 2008 6090890 371560 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 0 0 false Wed Sep 12 07:47:41 -0700 2007 Wed Sep 12 07:47:41 -0700 2007 4297192 118832 953468 0812543181 9780812543186 0 http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-111x148.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/images/nocover-60x80.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/953468.Not_This_August 3.25 8 1955 0 0 false Wed Aug 08 23:54:27 -0700 2007 Wed Aug 08 23:54:27 -0700 2007 8 http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=953468