Knowlton, J A
Entry updated 21 April 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1854-1937) US author of two Prehistoric SF novels. Txleama: A Tale of Ancient Mexico (1892) segues into Lost World territory from initial sequences set in Mexico before the Spanish Conquest. Origin (1900), beginning with the story of the Biblical Flood, features a Lost Race of blond giants, evolved from the raven and the dove who leave the Ark at Noah's command, offers a secret history of the American West (in particular) through the lives and exploits of their children (see History in SF). [JC]
James Albert Knowlton
born Danbury, New Hampshire: 27 June 1854
died Indianapolis, Indiana: 31 May 1937
works
- Txleama: A Tale of Ancient Mexico (Boston, Massachusetts: J G Cupples Co, 1892) [hb/]
- Origin (Boston, Massachusetts: The Eastern Publishing Co, 1900) [hb/C I Marston, Ray G Bullock]
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