Steinbeck, John: In Dubious Battle (1936). A glimpse of Communist aims and methods in organizing and directing strike violence for Party purposes.
Stowe, Harriet Beecher: Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1852). The most effective political instrument in the history of the novel.
Tourgée, Albion W.: A Fool’s Errand (1879). A Northerner tries to buck the tide of a resurgent South during Reconstruction. Acute criticism of the Federal program.
——: Bricks Without Straw (1880). More of the same with greater violence and more analysis of the political structure of the pre-war and post-war South.
Warren, Robert Penn: All the King’s Men (1946). The hectic life and violent death of a Southern dictator with sharp portraits of his effect upon those around him.
Weller, George: The Crack in the Column (1949). An American flier is introduced to global politics as Communist Greeks fight the British during World War II.
Whitlock, Brand: The 13th District (1902). The progressive moral and political decline of a mid-western moth fascinated by the illuminated capitol dome.
Wilder, Thornton: The Ides of March (1948). Caesar’s career through Roman eyes.
ENGLISH NOVELS
Cary, Joyce: To Be a Pilgrim (1942). Fading Tom Wilcher recreates turn of the century politics for his niece as he tries to perpetuate the old solid values.