Putnam, George Haven
Entry updated 2 December 2024. Tagged: Author.
(1844-1930) UK-born publisher and author, in US from childhood, involved in his father's firm, G P Putnam, from 1866, becoming head of the firm in 1872. Of sf interest is The Artificial Mother: A Marital Fantasy (1894 chap), in which a Robot is invented to take over some of the chores of parenthood. In the children's Fantasy tale The Little Gingerbread Man (1910 chap) as by G H P, the eponymous delicacy is created by the cook, becomes animated, escapes and evades pursuit, but is ultimately eaten. [JC/DRL]
George Haven Putnam
born London: 2 April 1844
died New York: 27 February 1930
works
- The Artificial Mother: A Marital Fantasy (New York: G P Putnam's Sons, 1894) [chap: illus/hb/A W Van Deusen]
- The Little Gingerbread Man (New York: G P Putnam's Sons/The Knickerbocker Press, 1910) [story: chap: illus/hb/Robert Gaston Herbert]
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