Herman Hine Brinsmade

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Herman Hine Brinsmade (September 17, 1876 - April 11, 1968) was an American writer. He wrote the 1912 science fiction novel Utopia Achieved about a futuristic New York City.

Brinsmade was born in Connecticut. He graduated from Cornell University.[1] He married Carlie G. Rea of Nashville in 1907 while he was working at a newspaper in Grand Rapids, Michigan.[2] He worked for the News-Star-World in Monroe, Louisiana and had a column titled Jus' Ramblin'. He died while at a sanitarium recovering from an auto accident and was buried at the Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery in Monroe. His daughter became a teacher in Monroe.

His book Utopia Achieved was set in 1960 and had a storyline that advocated for the single tax.[3] The story described a city of the future where people ate an efficient vegetarian diet.[4]

The futuristic New York City depicted in his novel evoked Charles Lamb's multi-level city.[5] The story described a failed socialism in New Zealand and fsvored a single tax system.[6] The book is described as a "primary text" innthe utopian catalogue in on journal.[7]

He edited a 1957 book about

Eldred K. Means
with a collection of his speeches.

Works

  • Utopia Achieved: A Novel of the Future (1912),
  • For the Good of the Party, Or, The Fortunes of "the Blackville Star" (1916)[8][9][10]
  • "Real Poured Houses" Technical World Magazine (1911)[11]
  • Sunset Gun; the public addresses of Eldred K. Means (
    Eldred K. Means)[12]

References

  1. ^ University, Cornell (May 5, 1884). "Commencement" – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Herman Hine Brinsmade marriage?". The Tennessean. September 26, 1907. p. 5 – via newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "The Cornell Alumni News". May 5, 1912 – via Google Books.
  4. ISBN 9780520241510
    – via Google Books.
  5. ISBN 9781856693561
    – via Google Books.
  6. ISBN 978-0-19-108861-2
    – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Annals of Scholarship". Annals of Scholarship, Incorporated. December 23, 1987 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Brinsmade, Herman Hine (May 5, 1916). "For the Good of the Party, Or, The Fortunes of "the Blackville Star"". Sherman, French – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Books. Part, group 1". Library of Congress, Copyright Office. May 5, 1917 – via Google Books.
  10. ^ "Publishers Weekly". R.R. Bowker Company. December 23, 1916 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Illustrated World ..." American School of Correspondence at Armour Institute of Technology. December 23, 1911 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Office, Library of Congress Copyright (December 23, 1959). "Catalog of Copyright Entries. Third Series: 1958: January-June". Copyright Office, Library of Congress – via Google Books.

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