{"product_id":"hg-wells-at-the-end-gordon-d-feir-9780595671878","title":"H.G. Wells at the End of His Tether: His Social and Political Adventures","description":"H.G. Wells was one of the most prolific writers in the English language. He published over one hundred books, yet he is recognized by only two or three of his popular novels including \u003ci\u003eThe Time Machine\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eWar of the Worlds\u003c\/i\u003e. Why has such a well known and widely read author from the nineteenth century almost disappeared from the bookshelves of the twenty-first century? \u003ci\u003eH.G. Wells at the End of His Tether\u003c\/i\u003e attempts to answer this question and others by examining his work from a nineteenth century perspective. Wells was a controversial figure. He was an avid socialist and a self-proclaimed prophet. He hated the Church and the Monarchy and spent much of his life promoting utopian ideals, world government and other radical concepts that are politically incorrect today. As he watched the First World War tear Europe asunder he wrote \u003ci\u003eThe War to End War\u003c\/i\u003e and created a new label for that infamous conflict. He was a highly vocal anti-war journalist and often frustrated by how little impact he was making on the world. When the Second World War descended on Europe he became despondent as he approached the end of his political and literary tether.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Gordon D. Feir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 059567187X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780595671878\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e iUniverse\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/20\/2005\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 248\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.14lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.69d","brand":"Gordon D. Feir","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48453362188543,"sku":"9780595671878","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a76ed716-2da4-415f-9f72-7a26ef752ed0.jpg?v=1777299827","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/hg-wells-at-the-end-gordon-d-feir-9780595671878","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}