Newcomb, Cyrus F
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1831-1905) US author presumed to have written The Book of Algoonah: Being a Concise Account of the History of the Early People of the Continent of America, Known as Mound Builders (1884) anonymous, a Prehistoric SF tale in which America is colonized by Assyrians and other explorers from the Middle-East; their culture boasts some elements of advanced science and Technology, but is eventually submerged. There has been speculation that Algoonah was written by J M Hanks, but evidence is scanty. [JC]
Cyrus Flint Newcomb
born Boston, Massachusetts: 13 August 1831
died Durango,Colorado: 13 January 1905
works
- The Book of Algoonah: Being a Concise Account of the History of the Early People of the Continent of America, Known as Mound Builders (St Louis, Missouri: Little and Becker, 1884) anonymous [hb/]
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