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The iron heel
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Cream cloth cover with t-shaped illustrated area. Hands reach up to a rayed orange sun on a blue background.

The iron heel

Date1917
Format
Notes
Avis Everhard chronicles the fall of American democracy in 1912 and her struggles as part of the resistance to the tyrannical oligarchy that arises. Considered to be the earliest modern dystopian fiction, this book has been credited as the inspiration for George Orwell’s 1984. 

Originally published in 1907, this is the 1917 edition.
DimensionsCover size: 19.5 cm x 13.5 cm (7 11/16 in. x 5 5/16 in.)
Language
Usage Rights Public Domain (Learn More)
Call Number / Accession Number37131054536420D
Dewey NumberSCIENCE FICTION LON