Phillips, Michael J
Entry updated 17 March 2025. Tagged: Author.
(1879-1932) US soldier, editor and author, active contributor of fiction to magazines from 1903 to around 1926; in his Future War tale, In Our Country's Service (1909), the war of 1938 between an augmented America – the Invasion of Canada has led to its being "annexed" in 1928 – and a powerful Japan (see Yellow Peril) ends in the latter's swift defeat, due to the protagonist's feats of espionage. In "The Unborn Element" (23 June 1926 Adventure), a death Ray helps turn the tables in another war. [JC]
Michael James Phillips
born Owosso, Michigan: 8 November 1879
died 25 June 1932
works
- In Our Country's Service (Columbus, Ohio: Edward T Miller, 1909) [hb/]
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