The Last American by John Ames Mitchell
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"The Last American" by John Ames Mitchell is a short illustrated novel published in 1889. In the year 2951, a Persian explorer named Khan-Li sails across the Atlantic and rediscovers America, long abandoned after devastating climatic changes began around 1960. Through Khan-Li's journal entries, the novel offers a satirical view of late 19th-century American society as misunderstood by future archaeologists. The Persians piece together a distorted history from ruins and artifacts, finding
evidence of social upheavals and the mysterious "Murphy Dynasty" that ruled America's final decades. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
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| Author | Mitchell, John Ames, 1845-1918 |
|---|---|
| Illustrator | Read, F. W. (Frederick William), 1863- |
| Title |
The Last American A Fragment from The Journal of Khan-li, Prince of Dimph-Yoo-Chur and Admiral in the Persian Navy |
| Note | Wikipedia page about this book: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_American_(novel) |
| Reading Level | Reading ease score: 72.8 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. |
| Language | English |
| LoC Class | PS: Language and Literatures: American and Canadian literature |
| Subject | Science fiction |
| Category | Text |
| eBook-No. | 27307 |
| ISBN (HTML) | 979-8-238-27307-5 |
| Release Date | Nov 21, 2008 |
| Last Update | Jan 6, 2025 |
| Copyright | Public domain in the USA. |
| Downloads | 442 downloads in the last 30 days. |
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