Hail! Hail!

2018 novella by Harry Turtledove
Hail! Hail
AuthorHarry Turtledove
LanguageEnglish
GenreAlternate history, time travel
PublisherSwallow's End Publishing
Publication date
June 5, 2018
Publication placeUnited States
Media typee-book

Hail! Hail! is a novella written by Harry Turtledove.[1] It was published in e-book format by Swallow's End Publishing, June 5, 2018.

Plot summary

Shortly after the release of their film Duck Soup in mid-1934, the Marx Brothers eventually visit Nacogdoches, Texas and all four of them get caught in a lightning storm that transports them back in time to December 15, 1826, and arrive in the same town just as when the Fredonian Rebellion is breaking out.

Having just completed their film Duck Soup, about a fictional Republic of Freedonia, the brothers actually know about the Fredonian Rebellion in some detail, particularly Julius "Groucho" Marx, who serves as the story's point of view. When they encounter Adolphus Sterne, the man who supplied the Rebellion, the Marx Brothers, despairing of ever returning to their own time, reveal their identity to Sterne, and agree to help the rebellion. This decision proves to have dire consequences for history resulting in the creation of a slave-holding "Confederal government" with a flag consisting of a white St. Andrew's Cross and 15 red stars well into the 20th century.

References

  1. ^ Silver, Steven H. "Hail! Hail!". Silver Reviews.
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Works by Harry Turtledove
Videssos
Videssos cycle
  • The Misplaced Legion
  • An Emperor for the Legion
  • The Legion of Videssos
  • The Swords of the Legion
The Tale of Krispos
  • Krispos Rising
  • Krispos of Videssos
  • Krispos the Emperor
Time of Troubles
  • The Stolen Throne
  • Hammer and Anvil
  • The Thousand Cities
  • Videssos Besieged
  • The Bridge of the Separator
The Race or
Worldwar
Worldwar
  • In the Balance
  • Tilting the Balance
  • Upsetting the Balance
  • Striking the Balance
Colonization
  • Second Contact
  • Down to Earth
  • Aftershocks
  • Homeward Bound
Southern Victory
a.k.a. Timeline-191
Second Mexican War
Great War
  • American Front
  • Walk in Hell
  • Breakthroughs
American Empire
  • Blood and Iron
  • The Center Cannot Hold
  • The Victorious Opposition
Settling Accounts
  • Return Engagement
  • Drive to the East
  • The Grapple
  • In at the Death
Darkness a.k.a. World at War
War Between the ProvincesHellenic TradersCrosstime TrafficDays of InfamyScepter of Mercy
  • The Bastard King
  • The Chernagor Pirates
  • The Scepter's Return
Opening of the World
AtlantisThe War That Came Early
Supervolcano
  • Eruption
  • All Fall Down
  • Supervolcano
  • Maelstrom
The Hot War
  • Bombs Away
  • Fallout
  • Armistice
State of Jefferson Stories
and Three Men and...Stories
  • "Visitor from the East"
  • "Peace is Better"
  • "Typecasting"
  • "Something Fishy"
  • "Always Something New"
  • "Tie a Yellow Ribbon"
  • "Three Men and a Vampire"
  • "Three Men and a Werewolf"
  • "Three Men and a Sasquatch"
Alternate GeneralsNon-series booksShort stories
Short story collections


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