Martin, Nettie Parrish
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1840-1915) US author of Indian Legends of Early Days (coll 1905), where she renders traditional Indian tales into English verse. A Pilgrim's Progress in Other Worlds: Recounting the Wonderful Adventures of Ulysum Storries and his Discovery of the Lost Star "Eden" (1908) is an sf novel whose protagonist, the inventor (see Invention) of a bird-like flying machine powered by electricity and capable of Space Flight, travels to various planets (including Mars and Jupiter), as well as the mysterious Star Eden; the inhabitants of these worlds are the spirits of the human dead re-embodied (see Religion), and here capable of creating Utopian civilizations marked by advanced science and Technology. [JC]
Marie Antoinette Parish Hough Martin
born Mandana, New York: 1840
died Auburn, New York: 28 October 1915
works
- Indian Legends of Early Days (Boston, Massachusetts: Mayhew Publishing Co, 1905) [coll: hb/]
- A Pilgrim's Progress in Other Worlds: Recounting the Wonderful Adventures of Ulysum Storries and his Discovery of the Lost Star "Eden" (Boston, Massachusetts: Mayhew Publishing Co, 1908) [hb/]
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