"Hellsville, U.S.A."
| Title | "Hellsville, U.S.A." |
| Year for Search | 1898 |
| Authors | [Jones], [George Chetwynd Griffith](1857-1906) |
| Tertiary Authors | Griffith, George [pseud.] |
| Secondary Title | Pearson's Weekly |
| Volume / Edition | no. 420 |
| Pagination | 65-70 |
| Date Published | August 6, 1898 |
| Keywords | English author, Male author |
| Annotation | Economic reform in the United States beginning with anti-trust legislation followed by something close to civil war of rich against poor with the rich enlisting the Irish and black against white. After the war was won, the problem of what to do with the losers led to the worst and most useless people put on a reservation called Hellsville. While the U.S. becomes a eutopia, Hellsville is a dystopia is destroyed by meteors. |
| Additional Publishers | Rpt. in his Gambles With Destiny. By George Griffith [pseud.]. (London: F.V. White, 1899), 3-88. |
| Pseudonym | George Griffith [pseud.] |
| Holding Institutions | L, PSt |
| Author Note | The author (1857-1906) changed his legal name from Jones to Griffith in 1894. |
| Full Text | 1898 [Jones, George Chetwynd Griffith, afterwards Griffith, George Chetwynd] (1857-1906). “Hellville, U.S.A.” By George Griffith [pseud.]. Pearson’s Weekly, no. 420 (August 6, 1898): 65-70. Rpt. in his Gambles With Destiny. By George Griffith [pseud.] (London: F.V. White, 1899), 1-88. The author’s name is given in different ways in different library catalogs and bibliographies; I have followed the British Library. L, PSt Economic reform in the United States beginning with anti-trust legislation followed by something close to civil war of rich against poor with the rich enlisting the Irish and black against white. After the war was won, the problem of what to do with the losers led to the worst and most useless people put on a reservation called Hellsville. While the U.S. becomes a eutopia, Hellsville is a dystopia but is destroyed by meteors. The author changed his legal name from Jones to Griffith in 1894. |
