Philip Dru: Administrator

Philip Dru: Administrator, published anonymously in 1912 by Edward M. House, is a political novel set in a futuristic America from 1920 to 1935. The story follows Philip Dru, who leads a civil war against the plutocratic East and becomes the dictator of the democratic West. Under his rule, Dru implements reforms similar to the Bull Moose platform of 1912 before mysteriously disappearing. The novel explores themes of governance and power dynamics in a speculative future.