Wright, William Henry
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1856-1934) US journalist and author, perhaps best known for his nonfiction The Black Bear (1910) about raising a bear named Ben from infancy. Of sf interest is The Great Bread Trust (1900 chap), a Satire on capitalist excesses in which an entrepreneur, after heading a cartel that corners the market in cereal, has himself proclaimed the King of America. [JC]
William Henry Wright
born 1856
died 1934
works (highly selected)
- The Great Bread Trust (New York: Abbey Press, 1900) [chap: hb/]
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