Comrades; A Story of Social Adventure in California

TitleComrades; A Story of Social Adventure in California
Year for Search1909
AuthorsDixon, Thomas [Frederick] [Jr.](1864-1946)
Date Published1909
PublisherGrosset & Dunlap
Place PublishedNew York
KeywordsMale author, US author
Annotation

Standard failure of an intentional community, with the founding of a community where no one will do the dirty work followed by infighting and collapse. Middle volume of an anti-socialist trilogy, with the other two being mostly concerned with romance and personal conflicts between the wealthy and reformers. The first volume is The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia. Illus. B[enjamin] West Clinedinst (1859-1931). New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903; and the third volume is The Root of Evil. A Novel. Illus. George Wright [probably George Hand Wright (1872-1951)]. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. Also pub. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911, illus. George Wright; and Toronto, ON, Canada: Musson Book Co., 1911, illus. W[illiam] Sherman Potts (1876-1930), but they are the same illus., and the book says printed in New York.

Additional Publishers

Rpt. New York: Doubleday Page, [1909]

Illustration

Illus. C. D. Williams

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Author Note

(1864-1946)

Full Text

1909 Dixon, Thomas [Frederick], [Jr.] (1864-1946). Comrades; A Story of Social Adventure in California. Illus. C. D. Williams. New York: Grosset & Dunlap. Rpt. New York: Doubleday Page, [1909]. L

Standard failure of an intentional community, with the founding of a community where no one will do the dirty work followed by infighting and collapse. Middle volume of an anti-socialist trilogy, with the other two being mostly concerned with romance and personal conflicts between the wealthy and reformers. The first volume is The One Woman: A Story of Modern Utopia. Illus. B[enjamin] West Clinedinst (1859-1931). New York: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1903; and the third volume is The Root of Evil. A Novel.  Illus. George Wright [probably George Hand Wright (1872-1951)]. Garden City, NY: Doubleday, Page & Co., 1911. Also pub. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1911, illus. George Wright; and Toronto, ON, Canada: Musson Book Co., 1911, illus. W[illiam] Sherman Potts (1876-1930), but they are the same illus., and the book says printed in New York.