ΓÇ£The novel that foreshadowed Donald TrumpΓÇÖs authoritarian appeal.ΓÇ¥ΓÇöSalon It CanΓÇÖt Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair LewisΓÇÖs later novels to match the power of Main Street,Babbittand Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracyit is an alarmingeerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America. Written during the Great Depressionwhen the country was largely oblivious to HitlerΓÇÖs aggressionit juxtaposes sharp political satire with the chillingly realistic rise of a president who becomes a dictator to save the nation from welfare cheatssexcrimeand a liberal press. Called ΓÇ£a message to thinking AmericansΓÇ¥ by the Springfield Republican when it was published in 1935It CanΓÇÖt Happen Here is a shockingly prescient novel that remains as fresh and contemporary as todayΓÇÖs news. With an Introduction by Michael Meyer and an Afterword by Gary Scharnhorst