"Dragon's Teeth" is the most celebrated novel of this Upton Sinclair series, as it won the "Pulitzer Prize for the Novel" in 1943. This book covers 1929-1934, with a special emphasis on the Nazi takeover of Germany in the 1930s.The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer (help info)) or "Operation Hummingbird," or, more commonly used in Germany "R hm-Putsch" was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political executions. Most ...
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"Dragon's Teeth" is the most celebrated novel of this Upton Sinclair series, as it won the "Pulitzer Prize for the Novel" in 1943. This book covers 1929-1934, with a special emphasis on the Nazi takeover of Germany in the 1930s.The Night of the Long Knives (German: Nacht der langen Messer (help info)) or "Operation Hummingbird," or, more commonly used in Germany "R hm-Putsch" was a purge that took place in Nazi Germany between June 30 and July 2, 1934, when the Nazi regime carried out a series of political executions. Most of those killed were members of the Sturmabteilung (SA), the paramilitary Brownshirts.Adolf Hitler moved against the SA and its leader, Ernst R hm, because he saw the independence of the SA and the penchant of its members for street violence as a direct threat to his power. He also wanted to conciliate leaders of the Reichswehr, the official German military who both feared and despised the SA in particular R hm's ambition to absorb the Reichswehr into the SA under his own leadership. Finally, Hitler used the purge to attack or eliminate critics of his regime, especially those loyal to Vice-Chancellor Franz von Papen, and to settle scores with old enemies.At least 85 people died during the purge, although the final death toll may have been in the hundreds, [2][3] and more than a thousand perceived opponents were arrested.[2] Most of the killings were carried out by the Schutzstaffel (SS) and the Gestapo (Geheime Staatspolizei), the regime's secret police. The purge strengthened and consolidated the support of the Reichswehr for Hitler. It also provided a legal grounding for the Nazi regime, as the German courts and cabinet quickly swept aside centuries of legal prohibition against extra-judicial killings to demonstrate their loyalty to the regime.Before its execution, its planners sometimes referred to it as "Hummingbird" (German: Kolibri), as that was the codeword used to set the execution squads in motion on the day of the purge.[4] The codename for the operation appears to have been chosen arbitrarily. The phrase "Night of the Long Knives" in the German language predates the massacre itself, and it also refers generally to acts of vengeance. To this day, Germans still use the term "R hm-Putsch" ("R hm coup d tat") to describe the event, as that was the term the Nazi regime used at the time, despite its overall false implication that the murders were necessary to forestall a coup. To emphasise this, German authors often use quotation marks or write about the so-called R hm-Putsch.[5]The novel Dragon's Teeth, written in 1942 by Upton Sinclair, won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1943. Set in the period 1929 to 1934, it covers the Nazi takeover of Germany during the 1930s. It is the third of Upton Sinclair's World's End series of eleven novels about Lanny Budd, a socialist, art expert, and "red" son of an American arms manufacturer. Back of the novel: In the first book/volume of the series Lanny Budd had met a family of Dutch Jews. By the time this book/volume happens his half-sister has married one of their sons. In the climax at the end of this volume Lanny involves himself in springing the other son from Nazi arrest/jail, and gets caught up in the Blood Purge on June 30, 1934/July 2, 1934.
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Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $38.11, good condition, Sold by Anybook rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Lincoln, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1947 by T. Werner Laurie.
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This is an ex-library book and may have the usual library/used-book markings inside. This book has hardback covers. In good all round condition. No dust jacket. Please note the Image in this listing is a stock photo and may not match the covers of the actual item, 600grams, ISBN:
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $46.94, very good condition, Sold by Goodwill Northern Illinois rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Rockford, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by The Franklin Library; Limited edition.
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The book has been used but is in very good condition. There is no obvious damage to the cover and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. There are no missing or damaged pages and no underlining highlighting of text or writing in the margins. The imagery is a stock photo of the item.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $52.00, very good condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Franklin Library,.
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Illustrated by James Sharpe. Near Fine. 1943 Pulitzer Prize winner. Limited edition. Octavo, fully bound in black leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Near fine.; 586 pages.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth (Pulitzer Prize Series) to cart. $61.00, like new condition, Sold by SELG Inc. Booksellers rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from New York, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Franklin Library.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $61.55, good condition, Sold by Keeper of the Page rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Enumclaw, WA, UNITED STATES, published by Pocket Books.
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Good+ Pocket Books Light scuffing to front of plasticized red and black illustrated cover with small pen mark. Tight lightly tanned pages. x+518 pages. 8.5 ounces. Size: 7 1/8 x 4 1/4 x 3/4 inches.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $62.00, like new condition, Sold by Main Street Fine Books, ABAA rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Galena, IL, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by The Franklin Library.
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Illustrations by James Sharpe. Small 4to. Full black calf with raised bands and gilt lettering, rules and decorations, publisher's thin card stock slipcase with gold foil label. 586pp. All edges gilt. Illustrations, orange moire silk endpapers, sewn-in orange satin page marker. Fine/near fine. Quite minor wear to slipcase (only). Pristine, tight limited edition (unspecified) of this 1942 bestseller about the Nazi party's early dominion over Germany, awarded the 1943 Pulitzer Prize for fiction.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $82.00, like new condition, Sold by Grendel Books, ABAA/ILAB rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Springfield, MA, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Franklin Library,.
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Illustrated by James Sharpe. Fine. 1943 Pulitzer Prize winner. Limited edition. Octavo, fully bound in black leather with gilt lettering and design, raised bands along spine, all edges gilt, silk moire endpapers, sewn-in ribbon bookmark. Fine.; 586 pages.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $188.00, good condition, Sold by Found Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from AUSTIN, TX, UNITED STATES, published 1942 by Viking Pr.
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Good. No dust jacket. Missing dust jacket. Some age spots to cloth along spine. Small stain and previous owner's notation on ffep, else unmarked. Pages mildly age toned. 9997531612.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth to cart. $207.00, like new condition, Sold by Between the Covers-Rare Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Gloucester City, NJ, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Franklin Library.
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Fine. First edition with these illustrations. Illustrated by James Sharpe. Full gray cloth stamped "RECORD AND REFERENCE COPY" on the front board and spine. All edges gilt. Slight rubbing to the foredge, else fine. Presumably one of very few, or perhaps the only copy thus (as opposed to the thousands of leather bound copies of the publisher's "limited edition"). The publisher's file copy.
Add this copy of Dragon's Teeth Franklin Library to cart. $209.95, very good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1977 by Franklin Library.
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Near Fine. Leather Bound, Accented in 22kt gold. Printed on archival paper with gilded edges. The endsheets are of moire fabric with a silk ribbon page marker. Smyth sewing and concealed muslin joints. This book is in full leather with hubbed spines.; First Franklin Library Edition.; 8vo 8"-9" tall.
