Category: Book Alas Babylon

The story begins on a regular December day of the year 1960 in a sleepy Florida town named Fort Repose. Florence Wechek, a local telegraph manager, watches the morning news while she makes breakfast. The newsreader talks about how the Russians are releasing more Sputnik satellites and that the Middle East is to be in…

Alas, Babylon: A Novel about Survival, Civil Defense and Cold War After reading ““Alas, Babylon”” and upon reviewing the history of 1940 to 1960, I believe that the author, Pat Frank, reveals some of his personal perceptions in life as presented in the novel. He expressed these in the story as depicted in the beliefs…