Rogers, John Rankin
Entry updated 12 September 2022. Tagged: Author.
(1838-1901) US politician (Governor of Washington 1897-1901) and author of The Graftons; Or, Looking Forward: A Story of Pioneer Life (1893; vt Looking Forward: The Story of an American Farm 1898), a Utopia structured as a reflection upon Edward Bellamy's Looking Backward (1888). [JC]
John Rankin Rogers
born Brunswick, Maine: 4 September 1838
died Puyallup, Washington: 26 December 1901
works
- The Graftons; Or, Looking Forward: A Story of Pioneer Life (Chicago, Illinois: M George, 1893) [hb/]
- Looking Forward: The Story of an American Farm (Tacoma, Washington: Spike Publishing Company, 1898) [vt of the above: hb/]
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