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Reason read: Pulitzer winner 1943, TIOLI
An American in Germany fights against the Nazi Terror. A "saga of the 20th century world history". There really is nothing new under the sun. Reading this is like reading something than could be occuring now. Racism is one of the themes so that is not a new topic. It is promoting "pink" or socialism and opposed to jingoism (extreme patriotism, for of aggression". "...loud voices--economic determinism. The nearer the country to crisis the more noise its int ...more
An American in Germany fights against the Nazi Terror. A "saga of the 20th century world history". There really is nothing new under the sun. Reading this is like reading something than could be occuring now. Racism is one of the themes so that is not a new topic. It is promoting "pink" or socialism and opposed to jingoism (extreme patriotism, for of aggression". "...loud voices--economic determinism. The nearer the country to crisis the more noise its int ...more
Dragon's Teeth was the 1942 winner of the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel. The novel is mainly set in Germany in the years before World War II. We get a glimpse of Nazi Germany as viewed by Lanny Bud who is a socialist and has a family member who married into a Jewish family. Lanny uses his influence to help free members of his half-sister's family from Germany and gets caught up in the power struggle within the Nazi party in the progress. A great look at the Nazi rise to power and how it affected
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amazing read
This book caught and held my attention with its insights into the Nazi terror prior to the worst actually happening. It’s as if Sinclair could see the horrible future and others could not. At times, the political stories were slow, most likely because I am unfortunately ignorant of that era. I read it to meet my goal of reading all the Pulitzers and am so glad to have discovered this gem.
This book caught and held my attention with its insights into the Nazi terror prior to the worst actually happening. It’s as if Sinclair could see the horrible future and others could not. At times, the political stories were slow, most likely because I am unfortunately ignorant of that era. I read it to meet my goal of reading all the Pulitzers and am so glad to have discovered this gem.
Dragon's Teeth
sucked me in from the first page and it was with great disappointment that it ended. The story is a fictional account of Hitler's rise to power and Sinclair did an impressive job of depicting the utter disbelief of the world. People simply couldn't believe the things they were hearing, because it didn't seem possible they could happen in a 'civilized' world. Of course, they did happen and eventually the characters were forced, in various ways, to come to grips with the
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Wow, this book was awesome. I thought this book dealt with world war 2 but it actually deals with the events leading up to Hitler and the Nazi's taking over power in Germany and then the start of the Gestapo and Concentration Camps. Lanny ventures into Nazi Germany on several occasions to help rescue Jewish friends of his and the tension is very real. I love this book.
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Worst book ever.
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it was amazing
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