In reality, Tugwell was an economist who spearheaded many of Franklin D. Roosevelt’s most beloved New Deal policies. In The Grasshopper Lies Heavy, Tugwell becomes the U.S. President after Roosevelt. The novel-within-a-novel depicts Tugwell as a strong leader; he successfully predicts Pearl Harbor, for example, and is therefore able to evacuate the U.S. fleet before the famous bombing.
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Rex Tugwell Character Timeline in The Man in the High Castle
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Chapter 5
...an alternative history, one in which Roosevelt lived and was succeeded by a man named Rex Tugwell ; Tugwell predicted the bombing of Pearl Harbor and was able to evacuate the U.S....
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