The Snowflake Rebellion

by Tom Brennan

"The Snowflake Rebellion" is a novel about the ultimate Alaska tea party--a satirical thriller about political rebellion gone wild. A young couple moves to Alaska from the East. Deeply in love, Colin... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0578006421
• ISBN13: 9780578006420
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Arctic Tern Press
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 14 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 9 and higher

Customer Reviews

Fiction today, Fact tomorrow?

In "The Plot Against America," Philip Roth imagined an alternate reality in which Charles Lindbergh had defeated FDR to become President. Tom Brennan creates a far more plausible scenario in which Alaska secedes from the Union. What ensues makes for a raucous and rollicking read that the Alaska Independence Party might soon be using as a textbook.

Washington speaks with forked tongue

Like the Indian chief in the old wild west movies would say "Great white father in Washington speak with forked tongue." The United States has broken every treaty they have ever signed including the Alaska Statehood Act of 1959 that theoretically gave Alaskans the right to control their own destiny as free citizens of an independent state. Instead of granting us freedom from the tyranny of an occupying force, Washington turned Alaska from a Territory into the National Park of Alaska and stripped Alaskans from any control over basic rights such as hunting and fishing, berry picking or where we can drill for oil that Alaskan's own in our own State. The U.S. Government has more federal employees per capita in Alaska than anywhere else in the country because they own and control Alaska. These are the realities facing Alaska today. Tom Brennan's book the "Snowflake Rebellion" takes these realities, the wonderful Alaskan characters that we all know and love, and fictionalizes Alaskan's frustrations with Washington into a full scale rebellion complete with tanks, naked women, and the ladies of Government Hill Community Council. After I stop laughing I am personally ready to secede. Great read and one that every official in Washington should read before they act on issues important to Alaskans. Jerry George Anchorage, Alaska

A great "What If" book...

This books is thought provoking in a fun way. What if Alaska wasn't a state any more and took on the Federal Government on? Good read and makes you ponder the possibilities. Kay Haneline