One Clear Call is the ninth in the eleven book Upton Sinclair's epic World's End Lanny Budd series. The covers the climax to World War Two in 1943 and 1944 as Lanny continues in his role as Presidential Agent 103 to FDR. Lanny uses his art expertise and connections while traveling throughout Europe and the Middle East buying masterpieces and reselling them to rich Americans. His clients in Europe include both Reichsmarschall (among a dozen or so titles) Hermann Goring and Adolph Hitler, a.k.a., Adi Schicklgruber, former ...
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One Clear Call is the ninth in the eleven book Upton Sinclair's epic World's End Lanny Budd series. The covers the climax to World War Two in 1943 and 1944 as Lanny continues in his role as Presidential Agent 103 to FDR. Lanny uses his art expertise and connections while traveling throughout Europe and the Middle East buying masterpieces and reselling them to rich Americans. His clients in Europe include both Reichsmarschall (among a dozen or so titles) Hermann Goring and Adolph Hitler, a.k.a., Adi Schicklgruber, former picture post card artist This volume presents Lanny in the position of attempting to delude the Nazi's into where the Allied invasion is going to be. The Allies have determined Normandy as the entry point to the invasion of Germany to destroy the Third Reich. For almost twenty years Lanny has enjoyed the confidence of Hitler and for over a dozen years with Goring by posing as a Nazi sympathizer. He has been able to accomplish this through his boyhood friend, and his mother's former lover, Kurt Meissner. Meissner is thought to be a great Komponist and is close to Hitler. However Lanny has never had much contact with the infamous Heinrich Himler, head of the dreaded Gestapo. After the many years deceiving the Nazi's, Himmler finally discovers the true purposes of Lanny's intimacies with the Nazi leadership. Lanny's half sister, Marceline, the famous dancer who has run off with a German officier, warns Lanny to get out of Germany, and fast. The ensuing struggle by Lanny to evade the Gestapo is the most dangerous of his many exploits up to this point. Using his underground resistance connections, which he has funded and nurtured for so many years, He tries escaping by car but is forced into abandoning that method and is forced to literally beg for food and sleeps in barns and in the forests. It is one of the most exciting adventures written by Upton in the entire series. His eventual (you knew he would) freedom is secured as the Allies take Italy city by city and bombing German cities relentlessly. All of the dreams of Hitler are coming apart, day by day. There is a mutiny among the highest levels of the military to assassinate him that is tantalizing. The real German military consider Hitler an incompetent and believe (rightfully) that he has destroyed the Motherland and the hopes of the German people for decades to come. The plot is explosive and comes very close to reaching the desired end. After D Day, Lanny is commissioned as an Honorary Captain in the US Army. He is put in charge of a large number of American art experts charged with capturing all of the art that the Nazi's have stolen over the years and returning it to the rightful owners. At this same time, the irrepressible Laurel Creston, Mrs. Lanny Budd, decides to come to Europe as a commissioned officer and writer for the military press. In addition to capturing and organizing the millions of dollars of paintings and other artwork, Lanny is asked to be an interrogator for the military. Due to his German fluency, he interviews top German prisoners including General Emil Meissner, Kurt's older brother. And in a truly fabulous scene, Lanny and the profane General Patton have an extended conversation about taking Paris back from the Germans before going on to Germany. This chapter is a must read and one not to be forgotten. There are so many more exciting sub plots in One Clear Call. I have loved each and every book in this epic narrative historical series; One Clear Call culminates the beginning of the end for the Nazi's and the Fascists. For each reader who has longed for the fall of Hitler and the Nazi's and the reuniting of France you will enjoy this book tremendously. Please visit our website coming soon at: ... There you can order any or all of the Lanny Budd series books at 20%, 25% and 30% off with free shipping.
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Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $19.21, good condition, Sold by Rothwell & Dunworth Ltd rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dulverton, SOMERSET, UNITED KINGDOM, published by T. Werner Laurie, 1949.
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1st edn 1st printing. 8vo. Original black lettered red cloth (faint spotting on page edges-otherwise VG), dustwrapper (light wear at head of spine-otherwise VG protective cover, not price clipped). Pp. 711 (endpapers lightly tanned; previous owner's neat inscription on front endpaper).
Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $33.54, very good condition, Sold by Sixpence, ships from Edinburgh, MIDLOTHIAN, UNITED KINGDOM, published 1949 by T. Werner Laurie.
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Very Good/fine in Very Good/fine jacket. Very good/fine 1st edition of the ninth volume in the World's End series covering 1943-1944. Pages and binding tight, page slightly soiled but not foxed. A previous owner's neat inscription. The dustwrapper is clipped and has very slight wear at one corner but is otherwise bright and fresh looking having had a protective cover in a private collection for many years.
Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $42.00, very good condition, Sold by Turn-The-Page Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Skyway, WA, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by Viking Press.
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Very Good in Good jacket. New York: Viking Press, 1948. 1st printing. Full red cloth binding, sunned along upper edges. Prior owner's name inked on front flyleaf. 628pp. Good only jacket is unclipped (3.50) but moderately rubbed and well sunned (spine pale). Offered now in a new mylar cover. --The ninth Lanny Budd novel. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Good. 8vo-8"-9" Tall.
Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $57.00, very good condition, Sold by Southampton Sag Harbor Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Southampton, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by Viking.
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Very Good. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped. Published by Viking, 1948. Octavo. Hardcover. Book is very good with staining/toning to page ends. Dust jacket is very good with shelf/edgewear and nicks to corners. Great copy of this engaging novel by noted author Upton Sinclair.100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Sag Harbor, New York.
Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $59.25, very good condition, Sold by CTrarebooks rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Westport, CT, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by The Viking Press.
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Very Good+ in Very Good-dust jacket. Light chipping and small open tears to DJ. DJ spine sunned. Small open tear to back DJ; The ninth Lanny Budd novel, encompassing the end and aftermath of WWII; 8vo 8"-9" tall; 629 pages.
Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $82.00, very good condition, Sold by George Houle rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Palm Springs, CA, UNITED STATES, published 1949 by T. Werner Laurie Ltd..
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Very Good in Very Good jacket. First English edition (reset and printed in England "August, 1949"). Thick 8vo. Dust jacket designed by Foley (price clipped; short tears; soiling to back panel). Very good. 711 pages + 1 page of publisher's advertisements. No signatures or bookplates.
Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $179.95, good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1949 by T. Werner Laurie Ltd.
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Very Good+ in a Very Good+ dust jacket. Light staining on rear end page. Light scuff along side text block edge. Rubbing along panel edges. 1 inch open tear at bottom of front gutter.
Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $254.95, good condition, Sold by RARE BOOK CELLAR rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Pomona, NY, UNITED STATES, published 1948 by Viking.
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Add this copy of One Clear Call to cart. $12.92, good condition, Sold by ThriftBooks-Dallas rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Dallas, TX, UNITED STATES, published by Curtis Books.
