A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon
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"A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon" is a short story by Orson Scott Card
. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror
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. When granted a wish by a fairy godmother, Siggy wants to use it to kill Nixon before he "ruined the country", in his view. However, upon meeting Nixon, Siggy realizes that Nixon was not really to blame, and so wishes for everyone to stop hating Nixon.
Orson Scott Card
Orson Scott Card is an American author, critic, public speaker, essayist, columnist, and political activist. He writes in several genres, but is primarily known for his science fiction. His novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead both won Hugo and Nebula Awards, making Card the...
. It appears in his short story collection Maps in a Mirror
Maps in a Mirror
Maps in a Mirror is a collection of short stories by Orson Scott Card. Like Card's novels, most of the stories have a science fiction or fantasy theme...
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Plot summary
"A Cross-Country Trip to Kill Richard Nixon" is the story of a young man, Siggy, who blames all of America’s problems on former president Richard NixonRichard Nixon
Richard Milhous Nixon was the 37th President of the United States, serving from 1969 to 1974. The only president to resign the office, Nixon had previously served as a US representative and senator from California and as the 36th Vice President of the United States from 1953 to 1961 under...
. When granted a wish by a fairy godmother, Siggy wants to use it to kill Nixon before he "ruined the country", in his view. However, upon meeting Nixon, Siggy realizes that Nixon was not really to blame, and so wishes for everyone to stop hating Nixon.