Floyd Gibbons
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Floyd Phillips Gibbons was the war correspondent for the Chicago Tribune during World War I. One of radio's first news reporters and commentators, he was famous for a fast-talking delivery style. Floy
Gibbons is given a "home town" welcome at Minneapolis, Minnesota on October 5, 1918. To the right of the photo is his sister Zelda.
Gibbons and his wife in Chicago (1917)
Gibbons (c. 1919)
The Red Napoleon
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The Red Napoleon is a 1929 novel by Floyd Gibbons predicting a Soviet conquest of Europe and invasion of America. It was inspired by speculation that a Soviet general might seize power in a coup and b
Floyd Gibbons
…wrote a biography of the Manfred von Richthofen (the Red Baron) titled The Red Knight of Germany. He also wrote the speculative fiction world-war novel The Red Napoleon in 1929. The Red Napoleon was the first invasion novel to combine fears of yellow peril with fears of communism. The novel's focus on the sexual qualities…
Dust-jacket from the first edition