| Anson MacDonald | |
| Fictional Character | |
| Shared Universe Story | |
| The Domination of the Draka "The Last Word" POD: 1776 | |
| Appearance(s): | Direct |
| Nationality: | United States of America |
| Date of Birth: | c. 1943 |
| Date of Death: | 1998 |
| Cause of Death: | Suicide by poison |
| Occupation: | Sailor, Guerrilla |
| Military Branch: | United States Navy, later auxiliary attached to United States Army (Final War) |
Anson MacDonald (c. 1943-1998), a native of Missouri and an Annapolis man, was a commodore in the United States Navy. In 1998, MacDonald was visiting a redoubt in North Carolina when the final war between the Alliance for Democracy and the Domination of Draka finally erupted, which saw the utter defeat of the U.S. and the Alliance. With the Navy now nonexistent, MacDonald joined a cell of U.S. Army francs-tireurs led by Captain Fischer. He was deputized an honorary brigadier general, the army equivalent of commodore.
Literary comment[]
Anson MacDonald is based on Robert A. Heinlein. "Anson MacDonald" was a penname Heinlein used for a time, including the novel Sixth Column (1941), which has similar themes to this story. The description of MacDonald as "a lean, bald man...the graying hair he had left cropped close to the sides and back of his skull, a thin line of mustache...just above his upper lip" is nearly identical to Heinlein in his middle and later years. Heinlein, like MacDonald, was a Missouri-born Annapolis man, although Heinlein had to be discharged from the Navy for health reasons while in his 20s.
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