The John Franklin Letters

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The John Franklin Letters is ananonymous epistolary novel published in 1959 written by Dr. William L. Pierce for the writing of the novel The Turner Diaries (Eng. The Turner Diaries ( 1978 )) inspired, which in turn could have been the template for several American massacres .

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The protagonist John Semmes Franklin addressed several letters to his 93-year-old uncle from 1972 to 1974 - that is, in the future. In them he tells how the power in America, which was in the hands of the bureaucrats, is being forcibly recaptured by the rangers, who defend themselves against state oppression and regulatoryism.

Real history

The novel itself has received no noteworthy attention, its meaning consists only in Pierce - according to his own statement - to have inspired the writing of his novel The Turner Diaries ( 1978 ) and to have suggested the medium of fictional documentation for the reader to have a political one Get the message across. The Turner diaries may have provided the template for Timothy McVeigh and Bob Mathews ' acts of violence.

Authorship

The anonymous author of the John Franklin Letters is believed to be Dr. Revilo P. Oliver , who made Pierce aware of the novel in 1974. The John Franklin Letters are preceded by a foreword from Harley Ogdon , professor of American history at the University of Illinois , the same institution where Oliver taught as professor of classics .