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The Golden Book of Springfield

The Golden Book of Springfield

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Number of Chapters: 19

Length: 09 hours and 22 minutes

Language: English

The Golden Book of Springfield is American poet Vachel Lindsay's strange and mystical odyssey through the Springfield, Illinois of 2018, where the residents of that city strive to turn their home into a democratic utopia. It is a "Springfield a hundred years hence," a dreamlike space of spiritual and social awakenings. But when the threat of international war begins to loom over the horizon, the citizens of Springfield must find new ways to protect their city and keep it a "practical City of God."

This is Vachel Lindsay's only long-form narrative work and a fascinating entry into the utopian fiction subgenre that came about after the publication of Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward. - Summary by Chuck Williamson

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Chapter I - The Campbellite, the Florist, and the Hostess (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter II - The Prognosticator's Club (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter III - How People in 1920 Think the Book Will Come, in 2018 (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter IV - History of the Michaels (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter V - I Myself Enter into the Springfield of 2018 (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter VI - Kopensky versus Boone (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter VII - The Drug Stores, Coffee Houses, and Dance Halls (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter VIII - The Springfield Flag (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter IX - The Beginning of the Flying Machine Riots (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter X - The End of the Flying Machine Riots (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XI - St. Friend, and His Two Religious Orders (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XII - The Yellow Dance Halls Are Abolished (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XIII - Surto Hurdenburg is Lynched (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XIV - In the House of the Man From Singapore (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XV - Further Experiences in That Strange Mansion (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XVI - The Return of Joseph Bartholdi Michael (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XVII - The Lynching of Boone. The Interregnum of the Diary. The Golden Book Appears (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XVIII - St. Friend and Avanel Read From the Golden Book (Chuck Williamson)
Chapter XIX - Avanel and I Ascend to the Jungles of Heaven (Chuck Williamson)
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