The Disunited States of America
{{Short description|2006 novel by Harry Turtledove}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = The Disunited States of America
| title_orig =
| translator =
| image = The Disunited States of America.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = Harry Turtledove
| illustrator =
| cover_artist = The Studio Dog and Harald Sund
| country = United States
| language = English
| series = Crosstime Traffic
| genre = Alternate history
| publisher = Tor Books
| pub_date = September 5, 2006
| english_pub_date =
| media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
| pages = 288
| isbn =0-7653-1485-1
| dewey= 813/.54 22
| congress= PS3570.U76 D58 2006
| oclc= 65302467
| preceded_by =In High Places
| followed_by =The Gladiator
}}
The Disunited States of America is an alternate history novel by Harry Turtledove.{{Cite web|url=http://www.uchronia.net/label/turtcrosst.html|title=Uchronia: Crosstime Traffic Series|website=www.uchronia.net}} It is a part of the Crosstime Traffic series, and takes place in an alternate world where the U.S. was never able to agree on a constitution and continued to govern under the Articles of Confederation. By the early 19th century, the nation dissolved with each state as a separate country. The states trade with each other, engage in diplomacy, and even go to war with each other. Other states exist which do not in our world, such as Boone.{{cite book|last=Turtledove|first=Harry|title=The disunited states of America|year=2007|publisher=Tor|location=New York|isbn=978-0765353788|page=[https://archive.org/details/disunitedstateso00harr/page/87 87]|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/disunitedstateso00harr/page/87}}
Plot summary
The story takes place in the 2090s and concerns two outsiders caught up in a war between Ohio and Virginia: a young girl from California visiting relatives with her grandmother, and a boy from our world's Crosstime Traffic trading firm.
Development
One of the pre-publication title candidates was The Untied States of America.{{Citation needed|date=March 2009}}
Literary significance and reception
Frieda Murray reviewing for Booklist said that this novel was "the best so far in this Turtledove series, with characters that you care about and action that, while grim, is plausible and engaging."{{cite journal|last=Murray|first=Frieda |date=September 1, 2006|title=The Disunited States of America|journal=Booklist|volume= 103|issue= 1|pages=68|issn=0006-7385}} Publishers Weekly in their review said "Turtledove delivers lessons on racism and diplomacy for a young adult audience."{{cite journal|date=July 17, 2006|title=The Disunited States of America: Crosstime Traffic--Book Four|journal=Publishers Weekly|volume= 253|issue= 28|page=141|issn=0000-0019}}
See also
- {{Portal inline|Children and Young Adult Literature}}
- {{Slink|GURPS Infinite Worlds|Gallatin}}
- Russian Amerika
- The Forest of Time
References
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{{Harry Turtledove}}
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Category:Crosstime Traffic novels
Category:Novels set in North America
Category:Novels set in the 2090s
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