000435736 000__ 01649cam\a2200337Ia\4500 000435736 001__ 435736 000435736 005__ 20220329145745.0 000435736 008__ 030714r20032002nyub\\\\\\\\\\000\1\eng\d 000435736 020__ $$a0345444221$$qpaperback 000435736 020__ $$a9780345444226$$qpaperback 000435736 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocm52606355 000435736 035__ $$a435736 000435736 040__ $$aZAB$$cZAB$$dIHI$$dOCLCQ$$dBAKER$$dBTCTA$$dCRU$$dO3Y$$dISE 000435736 043__ $$an------$$an-us---$$an-usu-- 000435736 049__ $$aISEA 000435736 1001_ $$aTurtledove, Harry. 000435736 24510 $$aAmerican empire :$$bthe center cannot hold /$$cHarry Turtledove. 000435736 24630 $$aCenter cannot hold 000435736 250__ $$a1st mass market ed. 000435736 260__ $$aNew York :$$bDel Rey/Ballantine,$$c2003. 000435736 300__ $$a619 p. :$$bmap ;$$c18 cm. 000435736 4901_ $$aAmerican empire ;$$v[bk. 2] 000435736 500__ $$aOriginally published in 2002. 000435736 520__ $$aThe year is 1924. In the United States, the Socialist Party, led by Hosea Blackford, battles Calvin Coolidge to hold on to the Powell House in Philadelphia. The Confederate States, victorious in the War of Secession but at last tasting defeat in the Great War, suffer poverty and natural calamity. The Freedom Party promises new strength and pride, but if its chief siezes the reins of power, he may prove a dangerous enemy for the hated U.S.A. By the time the 1920s come to a close, catastrophe will cast a poll across the continent -- and in a world of shimmering hatreds, shattered lives, and pent-up violence, the center cannot hold. And for a powerful nation, the ultimate shock is yet to come.... 000435736 651_0 $$aNorth America$$vFiction. 000435736 651_0 $$aUnited States$$vFiction. 000435736 651_0 $$aConfederate States of America$$vFiction. 000435736 655_7 $$aAlternative histories (Fiction)$$2lcgft 000435736 655_7 $$aFantasy fiction.$$2lcgft 000435736 8001_ $$aTurtledove, Harry.$$tAmerican empire ;$$vbk. 2. 000435736 85280 $$bpopsf$$hTurtledove 000435736 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:435736$$pGLOBAL_SET 000435736 980__ $$aBIB 000435736 980__ $$aBOOK