Ludington, James
Entry updated 12 August 2018. Tagged: Author.
(1827-1891) US entrepreneur, Utopian thinker and developer, and author; the city of Ludington, Michigan was developed by Ludington according to his arguments about the natural (i.e. rational) construction of an ideal place to live. His novel, Various revelations: With an account of the Garden of Eden, and the Settlement of the Eastern Continent, as Related by the Leaders of the Wandering Tribes [for full subtitle see Checklist] (1876) as Anonymous offers a history of the Lost Tribes of Israel, with Lost Race elements, ending in a description of the Second Coming. [JC]
James Ludington
born Carmel, New York: 18 April 1827
died 1 April 1891
works
- Various revelations: With an account of the Garden of Eden, and the Settlement of the Eastern Continent, as Related by the Leaders of the Wandering Tribes: From the age of Enoch, Seth, and Noah, to the Birth of Jesus of Nazareth, as Related by Mary his Mother, and Joseph the Foster-Father; with a Confirmation of his Crucifixion and Resurrection, as Related by Pilate and the Different Apostles (Boston, Massachusetts: for the author, 1876) as Anonymous [hb/]
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