Waiting for the Signal. A Novel
| Title | Waiting for the Signal. A Novel |
| Year for Search | 1898 |
| Authors | Morris, Henry O. |
| Date Published | 1898 |
| Publisher | The Schulte Publishing Company |
| Place Published | Chicago, IL |
| Keywords | Male author, US author |
| Annotation | Mostly the story of a successful peaceful revolution in the U.S. against the "arrogant and vicious plutocracy" (v), but Chapter XL, "The Dawn of a New Day," presents a brief picture of the eutopia created. A constitutional convention is convened, which includes many of the well-known reformers of the time. The convention first drafts and adopts a new "Declaration of Independence" (335-36) and then a new Constitution (337-53). The constitution, which follows the basic structural outlines of the previous one, includes the Bill of Rights and previous amendments. |
| Info Notes | The book was copyrighted in 1897, but the "Preface" is dated February 19, 1898. |
| Holding Institutions | MoU-St, PSt, W3,3844 |
| Full Text | 1898 Morris, Henry O. Waiting for the Signal. A Novel. Chicago, IL: The Schulte Publishing Company. The book was copyrighted in 1897, but the “Preface” is dated February 19, 1898. MoU-St, PSt, W3,3844 Mostly the story of a successful peaceful revolution in the U.S. against the “arrogant and vicious plutocracy” (v), but Chapter XL, “The Dawn of a New Day,” presents a brief picture of the eutopia created. A constitutional convention is convened, which includes many of the well-known reformers of the time. The convention first drafts and adopts a new “Declaration of Independence” (335-36) and then a new Constitution (337-53). The constitution, which follows the basic structural outlines of the previous one, includes the Bill of Rights and previous amendments. |
