Bring the Jubilee, by Ward Moore is a 1953 alternate history novel set in a United States in which the Confederacy won the American Civil War (in the novel referred to as The War of Southern Independence). The novel deals with the state of both the Confederacy, the United States and the rest of the world. Ward Moore (August 10, 1903 - January 28, 1978) was the working name of American author Joseph Ward Moore. ... Alternative history or alternate history is fiction that is set in a world in which history has diverged from history as it is generally known, or simply put What If?. While to some extent, all fiction can be classified as alternative history, this genre is used to denote fiction in... Daniel Defoes Robinson Crusoe; title page of 1719 newspaper edition A novel (from French nouvelle, new) is an extended fictional narrative in prose. ... Motto: Deo Vindice (Latin: With God As Our Vindicator) Anthem: God Save the South (unofficial) Dixie (popular) Capital Montgomery, Alabama February 4, 1861–May 29, 1861 Richmond, Virginia May 29, 1861–April 9, 1865 Danville, Virginia April 3–April 10, 1865 Largest city New Orleans February 4, 1861–May 1... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders Abraham Lincoln+ Ulysses S. Grant Jefferson Davis Robert E. Lee Strength 2,213,363 1,064,200 Casualties KIA: 110,100 Total dead: 359,500 Wounded: 275,200 KIA: 74,500 Total dead: 198,500 Wounded: 137,000+  The American...

Synopsis

The narrator of the novel is Hodge Backmaker, a Northern boy with a thirst for reading and a strong back, but (to his parents' misfortune) little skill at anything requiring manual dexterity. At age 17 he travels to New York, the largest city of the Union, in a desperate attempt to get into a college or university. After being robbed of his few possessions, he comes into contact with the "Grand Army", an organization working to restore the United States to its former glory through violent nationalism. The Grand Army fulfills some of the same social functions of the Ku Klux Klan of the postwar South in our timeline. Despite remaining critical of the activities of the Army, Hodge accepts work and lodging with a member working from a bookshop. Content to work for food and the opportunity to read at every waking hour, Hodge stays in the bookshop for six years before leaving New York. Members of the second Ku Klux Klan at a rally during the 1920s. ...

Hodge's aspirations of becoming an historian researching the war (which ended with the occupation of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania after the Confederate victory at the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863) become reality as he joins a self-sufficient collective of scholars and intellectuals. Here he meets a couple of research scientists who are developing time travel. Taking the opportunity to finally see the battle in person, the narrator travels back in time--only to kill the Confederate officer who occupied the Little Round Top hill (which was where Vincent's Brigade, including Joshua Chamberlain's 20th Maine Regiment repulsed attacks in our timeline). As this single event alters the course of history and establishes a new timeline (history as we know it), Hodge cannot go back to his own future. Nickname: City of Brotherly Love Motto: Philadelphia maneto (Let brotherly love continue) Official website: http://www. ... Combatants United States of America Confederate States of America Commanders George G. Meade Robert E. Lee Strength 83,289 75,054 Casualties 23,049 (3,155 killed, 14,529 wounded, 5,365 captured/missing) 28,000 (3,500 killed, 18,000 wounded, 6,500 captured/missing) {{{notes}}} The Battle of... Time travel is a concept that has long fascinated humanity—whether it is Merlin experiencing time backwards, or religious traditions like Mohammeds trip to Jerusalem and ascent to heaven, returning before a glass knocked over had spilt its contents. ... Little Round Top, western slope, photographed by Timothy H. OSullivan, 1863 Little Round Top is the smaller of two rocky hills south of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. ... Maj. ...

The World of Bring the Jubilee

After the war, the South has conquered Mexico and controls much of Latin America (Leesburg, formerly Mexico City is one of the greatest and most prosperous cities in the Confederacy). The nation is one of the world's two superpowers, along with the German Empire, and living standards, economic growth and political and military strength are much that of the post-WW2 US in our timeline. Although slavery has been abolished, to a large extent because of the efforts of men such as Robert E. Lee, conditions are still poor for minorities. Latin America consists of the countries of South America and some of North America (including Central America and some the islands of the Caribbean) whose inhabitants mostly speak Romance languages, although Native American languages are also spoken. ... Mexico City (Spanish: Ciudad de México) is the name of a megacity located in the Valley of Mexico (Valle de México), a large valley in the high plateaus (altiplano) in the South of Mexico, about 2,240 meters (7,349 feet) above sea-level, surrounded on most sides... This article or section may contain original research or unverified claims. ... Combatants Allies: • Soviet Union, • UK & Commonwealth, • USA, • France/Free France, • China, • Poland, • ...and others Axis: • Germany, • Japan, • Italy, • ...and others Casualties Military dead: 18 million Civilian dead: 33 million Full list Military dead: 7 million Civilian dead: 4 million Full list World War II, also known as the Second World... The Buxton Memorial Fountain, celebrating the emancipation of slaves in the British Empire in 1834, London. ... For the author of Inherit the Wind and other works, see Robert Edwin Lee. ...

The North is depicted in state of perpetual recession, with the occasional glimpse of prosperity for wealthy landowners and the few lucky winners of the very popular lottery. Corruption (or at least allegations thereof) is widespread. The North is more hostile to African Americans than the South, both for being seen as a major cause of the war which ruined the Union and because of rampant unemployment. Thus the general sentiment towards black people is that all who do not make their way to one of the free countries of Africa deserves whatever comes to them. An African American (also Afro-American, Black American, or simply black), is a member of an ethnic group in the United States whose ancestors, usually in predominant part, were indigenous to Africa. ...

World War I, in the novel referred to as the Emperor's War of 1914-1916, ended with the expansion of the German Empire (presumable because of the non-intervention of the Confederacy). The position of the British Empire is weakened accordingly, although it is revealed that British America (Canada) still remains their territory. Combatants Allies: • Serbia, • Russia, • France, • Romania, • Belgium, • British Empire and Dominions, • United States, • Italy, • ...and others Central Powers: • Germany, • Austria-Hungary, • Ottoman Empire, • Bulgaria Casualties 5 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) 3 million military, 3 million civilian (full list) World War I, also known as the First World... The British Empire was, at one time, the foremost global power, and the most extensive empire in the history of the world. ...

Themes

Themes of the novel include love, race, scholarship and coming of age, and perhaps most prominent; the relationships between concepts such as determinism, free will, chaos theory and morality. The heart, a frequent modern symbol of love Love has several different meanings in the English language, from something that gives a little pleasure (I loved that meal) to something one would die for (patriotism, pair-bonding). ... This article is 100 KB or more in size. ... Scholarly method - or as it is more commonly called, scholarship - is the body of principles and practices used by scholars to make their claims about the world as valid and trustworthy as possible, and to make them known to the scholarly public. ... This article is in need of attention. ... Determinism is the philosophical proposition that every event, including human cognition and action, is causally determined by an unbroken chain of prior occurrences. ... Free will is the philosophical doctrine that holds that our choices are ultimately up to ourselves. ... A plot of the trajectory Lorenz system for values r = 28, σ = 10, b = 8/3 In mathematics and physics, chaos theory deals with the behavior of certain nonlinear dynamical systems that under certain conditions exhibit a phenomenon known as chaos. ... Morality, in the most strict sense of the word, deals with that which is regarded as right or wrong. ...