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Bring the Jubilee Paperback – January 1, 2009

by Ward Moore (Author)

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Bring the Jubilee by Ward Moore is a 1953 novel of alternate history. The point of divergence occurs when the Confederate States of America wins the Battle of Gettysburg and subsequently declares victory in the "War of Southron Independence" on July 4, 1864 after the surrender of the United States of America. The novel takes place in the impoverished United States in the mid-20th century as war looms between the Confederacy and its rival, the German Union. History takes an unexpected turn when the protagonist Hodge Backmaker, a historian, decides to travel back in time and witness the moment when the South won the war.

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Paperback: 224 pages
Publisher: Wildside Press; Reprint edition (January 1, 2009)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 9781434478535
ISBN-13: 978-1434478535
ASIN: 143447853X
Product Dimensions: 5.5 x 0.5 x 8.5 inches
Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
Average Customer Review: 58 customer reviews
Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #461,440 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #24953 in Books > Literature & Fiction > Literary
- #26109 in Books > Science Fiction & Fantasy > Science Fiction

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Justin Spector

Bring the Jubilee is finally on Kindle format!

June 6, 2017

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I am so thrilled this classic alternative history novel has finally been released on Kindle format! If you are a fan of Philip K Dicks " The Man In The High Castle", I couldn't recommend this book more. The setting is the 1920s in an alternate reality where the Conferderate States of America had won the Civil War; the Battle of Gettysburg having been lost. The main character is an aspiring historian, living in the almost third world United States. He travels to New York and working his way to becoming learned finally moves to a haven known for its intellectual achievements. One of the residents has discovered H1-X1, a method of time travel. I will leave it at that, not wishing to spoil. This is a must read for anyone, especially if you love history and science fiction. This novel is a classic, and like the Man in the High Castle; I really wish to see someone bring it to film someday. Thank you for releasing this on Kindle, I have been wishing it would be for some time now!

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Phil Morgan

Pretty Good... entertaining

November 6, 2016

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This book was pretty good. I only gave it four stars because in the kindle version, there are absolutely NO maps (Maps help the reader place the locations described by the author into better perspective). The narrative describing the alternate history and how the 'Southron' states (how it was spelled in the book... Southron) won their independence was pretty good. So were the narratives that described how the alternative national and global societies developed post 'civil-war'. I was never left wondering, WTF? How did THAT happen? I found it all very interesting.

I was a little disappointed that the pace of the book was somewhat slow. I thought that it took interminably too long for the book to get around to explaining HOW the author starts the book writing from 1877 (The majority of the book takes place in the alternative history of a defunct USA after the South had won Independence and stays mostly in 1920 to 30s). It's not until almost the end of the book that the story explains HOW the author came to be writing his story from 1877 (weird twist, but somewhat expected due to the opening sentence of the book).

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DELee

Dixie wins! The world loses.

September 4, 2017

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This is one of the earliest alternate history novels of which I'm aware. It deals with one of the two most popular scenarios of the genre -- Confederate victory in the Civil War. (The other being Axis victory in WWII.) It projects a dystopian view of the century following the end of the War of Southern Independence in which the North degenerates into third world squalor and the entire world suffers because the American industrial revolution and the coincident age of invention and rapid technological progress never occur. It's an unlikely scenario, even postulating division of the US into two nations, but one that's interesting to consider. It's a fairly well-written story a reader should have no trouble accepting as plausible.

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Katherine "Kat" Rowe

interesting premise, by someone who's apparently never met a human woman before

July 27, 2018

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I imagine it's a product of the time it was written in, but the female characters in it were so stereotypical that I didn't even bother finishing despite the interesting premise. I was tolerating the vapid females (there were relatively few female characters up to that point, and it wasn't the point of the story, plus the time, yadda yadda), but I gave up when a supposedly highly intelligent woman turned into a jealous, screaming shrew when a man she'd interacted with for literally 15 minutes showed up with an injured (15 year old) female in tow. Since, presumably, she was meant to be the love interest, I didn't even care to see how that messed up relationship turned out. Helpful writing tip: if you don't know how to write women (which is fine), be Jules Verne and don't include them more than necessary...

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A Classic Tale of A Confederate Victory

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Written decades before Harry Turtledove's Civil War alternate history novels, Ward Moore's 'Bring the Jubilee' is the story of an America divided. In 1863, the Union loss at Gettysburg paved the way for southern independence and left the United States a backward, third world country. The novel's protaganist, Hodge, leaves his rural home for what he hopes will be a better life in New York City and eventually finds himself in a community of scholars where his final destiny awaits him. The characters, situations and philosiphies of 'Jubilee' remind the reader of another great Science Fiction author, Robert Heinlein. Moore has the same wonderful ability to convey the complex ideas of life and society that make Heinlein's novels so compelling. Also wonderful is Moore's explanations of temporal theory and his understanding and presentation of the Battle of Gettysburg. If you enjoy alternate history then 'Bring the Jubilee' will not disappoint.

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Bucky History Buff

An Inversion of History

April 16, 2017

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Just finished reading this book yesterday and thoroughly enjoyed it. In particular, the rich character development helped to envision how the author's world appeared. This may lead to a feeling of meandering at times, particularly in the middle chapters. However, I'd stress that this story is being written as more of pouring out of a personal history-thus not everything is always buttoned up. Overall I'd highly recommend this book, as it does a great job of transporting the imagination to a different reality.

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brumba

An Alternate Civil War History

August 26, 2017

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Although about the civil war era, this storyline is about the consequences of changing the past rather than the civil war itself. The written word is a bit stilted, especially in the use of contractions, still very enjoyable.

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A rare piece of US alternative history, really well written

August 12, 2018

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A rare piece of US alternative history, really well written. And very enjoyable to read. History does come alive in this book.

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