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Joshua Son of None is a 1973 political thriller by Nancy Freedman.

Dr. Thor Bitterbaum is in Dallas in November 1963 when the mortally wounded President of the United States
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 (strongly implied to be, but never named as, John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
) is brought to the hospital at which he works. Bitterbaum, recalling recent research in cloning
Cloning

Cloning in biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce Asexual Reproduction....
, saves some of the President's tissue. He arranges for its cloning and the implantation of an embryo into a surrogate mother, and the adoption of the infant by a wealthy businessman, Gerald K.






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Joshua Son of None is a 1973 political thriller by Nancy Freedman.

Dr. Thor Bitterbaum is in Dallas in November 1963 when the mortally wounded President of the United States
President of the United States

The President of the United States is the head of state and head of government of the United States and is the highest political official in the United States by influence and recognition....
 (strongly implied to be, but never named as, John F. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy

John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the List of Presidents of the United States President of the United States, serving from 1961 until John F....
) is brought to the hospital at which he works. Bitterbaum, recalling recent research in cloning
Cloning

Cloning in biology is the process of producing populations of genetically-identical individuals that occurs in nature when organisms such as bacteria, insects or plants reproduce Asexual Reproduction....
, saves some of the President's tissue. He arranges for its cloning and the implantation of an embryo into a surrogate mother, and the adoption of the infant by a wealthy businessman, Gerald K. Kellogg. Bitterbaum and Kellogg arrange for the child, Joshua Francis Kellogg, to have formative experiences similar to those of the late President so that he will develop a similar character and perhaps, in time, rise to leadership of the country. Eventually the clone learns of his origins and, after considerable soul-searching, decides to pursue his destiny.

The plot is similar to, but obviously more benign than, Ira Levin
Ira Levin

Ira Levin was an United States author, dramatist and songwriter....
's The Boys from Brazil
The Boys from Brazil (novel)

The Boys from Brazil is a 1976 Thriller novel by Ira Levin. ISBN 978-0394402673.It was subsequently made into a The Boys from Brazil that was released in 1978....
, published three years later.