The Plot Against America

TitleThe Plot Against America
Year for Search2004
AuthorsRoth, Philip [Milton](1933-2018)
Date Published2004
PublisherHoughton, Mifflin
Place PublishedBoston, MA
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Alternative history in which Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-74) won the 1940 presidential election and Lindbergh was a Nazi sympathizer who cooperated with Adolf Hitler. Roth called it “an American dystopia;” qtd. in the TLS (December 23 & 30, 2005): 20. A six-episode television mini-series created and directed by David Simon (b. 1960) and Ed Burns (b. 1946) was shown on HBO March 16 - April 20, 2020, with the first three episodes directed by Minkie Spiro and the last three by Thomas Schlamme (b. 1950).

Additional Publishers

Rpt. in Philip Roth, Novels 2001-2007 (New York: The Library of America, 2013), 93-458 with “Notes on the Text” by Ross Miller (683-89). 

Info Notes

A six-episode television mini-series created and directed by David Simon (b. 1960) and Ed Burns (b. 1946) was shown on HBO March 16 - April 20, 2020, with the first three episodes directed by Minkie Spiro and the last three by Thomas Schlamme (b. 1950).

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Author Note

(1933-2018)

Full Text

2004 Roth, Philip [Milton] (1933-2018). The Plot Against America. Boston, MA: Houghton, Mifflin. Rpt. in Philip Roth, Novels 2001-2007 (New York: The Library of America, 2013), 93-458 with “Notes on the Text” by Ross Miller (683-89). PSt, VUW

Alternative history in which Charles A. Lindbergh (1902-74) won the 1940 presidential election and Lindbergh was a Nazi sympathizer who cooperated with Adolf Hitler. Roth called it “an American dystopia;” qtd. in the TLS (December 23 & 30, 2005): 20. A six-episode television mini-series created and directed by David Simon (b. 1960) and Ed Burns (b. 1946) was shown on HBO March 16 - April 20, 2020, with the first three episodes directed by Minkie Spiro and the last three by Thomas Schlamme (b. 1950).