Free Dakota
William Irwin
Don Jenkins wants a divorce from the United States. He’s tired of a government that can't balance its budget but thinks it can dictate how much soda he should drink. Combining political intrigue and political theory, /Free Dakota/ explores the new possibilities when Don follows the call of a charismatic diner owner who promises a libertarian paradise on the prairie. After years of struggle they have the votes for a peaceful secession, but the feds say it's 'til death do us part. Stopping the feds may cost more in integrity than in blood, however, when Don has to decide whether to stay after an assassination changes everything.
Author Bio
William Irwin is Herve A. LeBlanc Distinguished Service Professor and Chair of Philosophy at King’s College (Pennsylvania) and is the author of The Free Market Existentialist: Capitalism without Consumerism. He is also the author of
Intentionalist Interpretation: A Philosophical Explanation and Defense. Irwin originated the philosophy and popular-culture genre of books with Seinfeld and Philosophy (1999), The Simpsons and Philosophy (2001), and The Matrix and Philosophy (2002). Free Dakota is his first novel.
Previous Titles
The Simpsons and Philosophy (9780812694338), Open Court Publishing, 2001. The Matrix and Philosophy (9780812695021), Open Court Publishing, 2002.
Endorsements
If you don't think a blogger and a fry cook can start a revolution, you have to read this book. Irwin's story will convince you that ordinary people can do extraordinary things when liberty is at stake. Free Dakota creates a world you'll want to revisit. For my part, I'd like to order up a burger and coffee at Mackey's Diner, and tell an ex-prostitute my plans for changing the world.
Eric Bronson, author of King of Rags
Promotional Plans
Author blog with Psychology Today. Twitter.
USP
Will appeal to discontented voters in the 2016 presidential election.
Competing Books
Atlas Shrugged (9780141188935), by Ayn Rand
Categories
FICTION(FIC037000) -> Political(FIC037000)
POLITICAL SCIENCE(POL042020) -> Political Ideologies(POL042020) -> Conservatism & Liberalism(POL042020)
POLITICAL SCIENCE(POL035000) -> Political Freedom & Security(POL035000) -> General(POL035000)
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Publication Date
May 2016
Paperback
ISBN: 978-1-78535-326-0
$14.95 | £8.99
8.5x5.5 inches | 216x140 mm
216PP
e-book
ISBN: 978-1-78535-327-7
$7.99 | £4.99
Library of Congress
2015956011
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