RUSSELL, WILLIAM: _A Wind Is Rising_ (1950). On the fringes of the political novel. Negro sharecroppers dominated by a hostile socio-political economic system. SHAW, IRWIN: _The Troubled Air_ (1951). One man crushed between self-appointed judges and unscrupulous Communists in a fight against blacklists and guilt by association. SHELLABARGER, SAMUEL: _Prince of Foxes_ (1947). Running duel of wits and weapons between Borgia and one of his captains. Melange of romance, swordplay, and politics. SHIRER, WILLIAM L.: _Stranger Come Home_ (1954). A radio commentator and a Foreign Service career man are ruined by Senator O’Brien and perjured testimony. SINCLAIR, UPTON: _Oil!_ (1926). The making of a millionaire radical, son of an oil tycoon destroyed by oil scandals in the Harding era he helped to create. ----: _Boston_ (1928). Defense of Sacco and Vanzetti with admixture of fiction. ----: _Presidential Agent_ (1945). Everybody’s confidante, Lanny Budd helps make and interpret modern political history up to and through Munich. 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. ----: _Prisoner of Grace_ (1952). Chester Nimmo’s 30-year rise from lay preacher to cabinet minister through determination, astuteness, and a political sixth sense. CONRAD, JOSEPH: _Nostromo_ (1904). The rise and fall of Costaguanan governments with help from a British mine-owner who ends up owned by his mine.