The Iron HeelThe Floating Press, 01.05.2009 - 438 Seiten The Iron Heel is a dystopian novel by American writer Jack London, first published in 1908. Anthony Meredith, a scholar in about the year 2600 AD (or 419 B.O.M. - the Brotherhood of Man), annotates the "Everhard Manuscript", an account that chronicles the years from 1912 to 1932 when the great "Iron Heel" oligarchy rose to power in the United States. |
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Chapter III Jacksons Arm | 60 |
Chapter IV Slaves of the Machine | 78 |
Chapter V The Philomaths | 91 |
Chapter VI Adumbrations | 120 |
Chapter VII The Bishops Vision | 132 |
Chapter XIV The Beginning of the End | 250 |
Chapter XV Last Days | 262 |
Chapter XVI The End | 271 |
Chapter XVII The Scarlet Livery | 286 |
Chapter XVIII In the Shadow of Sonoma | 299 |
Chapter XIX Transformation | 312 |
Chapter XX A Lost Oligarch | 324 |
Chapter XXI The Roaring Abysmal Beast | 336 |
Chapter VIII The Machine Breakers | 143 |
Chapter IX The Mathematics of a Dream | 168 |
Chapter X The Vortex | 193 |
Chapter XI The Great Adventure | 206 |
Chapter XII The Bishop | 218 |
Chapter XIII The General Strike | 236 |
Chapter XXII The Chicago Commune | 345 |
Chapter XXIII The People of the Abyss | 365 |
Chapter XXIV Nightmare | 387 |
Chapter XXV The Terrorists | 396 |
Endnotes | 398 |
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