The California Initiative - Softcover

Schilling, Douglas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1418441716 ISBN 13: 9781418441715

Publisher: AuthorHouse, 2004

Synopsis

It is 2020, and America is in the thirteenth year of the worst depression in its history. Neither the Republicans nor the Democrats have a plan to ease suffering of the millions of people hit hardest by the economic conditions. Most people have little faith in the government, and fewer than thirty percent of the eligible voters bother to go to the polls. Ewald Zimmerman is a successful California furniture maker who has lost patience with the government's failure to act. He wants to force its hand by putting a voter initiative on the ballot. He proposes that California secede from the union and become an independent country if the federal government refuses to adopt the measures he feels are necessary to bring about a recovery. His intention is to spur the government into action, but his protest unleashes a firestorm of unrest across the country. Unwillingly drawn into the field of politics, he becomes the leader of a new party. Other third parties with more radical agendas grow in power and attract large numbers of the disaffected. One of them, the Christian Religious Party, wants to change the essential nature of American society. It is willing to see the country break up if it is the only way to achieve its goals. Alarmed by the forces he helped create, Zimmerman fights to keep the country together. To defeat those who wish to see the country torn apart, he must work his way through a minefield of special interest groups, fend off the dirty tricks of the political establishment and outwit the two enemies who have sworn to destroy him.

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About the Author

D.E. Schilling is the author ofthe poem, The Mountain Lorelei.¿ TheCalifornia Initiative is his first novel, and he chose politics for its subjectmatter because of his concern about the increasing polarization of Americansociety and the willingness of many citizens to see basic rights curtailed toachieve a greater sense of security.¿ Hehas no firm allegiance to either party and has actively supported bothRepublican and Democratic candidates in the past.

Edition details

• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1418441716
• ISBN 13: 9781418441715
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 500