Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey - Lockwood, Ingersoll
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Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey is a parabolic fantasy novel by Ingersoll Lockwood (1900; or, The Last President). This strange fin de siècle work from 1893 has received wide media attention recently due to the unusual similarities between its hero and US President Donald Trump. The Trump of Lockwood's novel is an aristocratic youth bored with his life of luxury in his New York castle. Searching for adventure, he travels to Russia where he discovers an underground world beneath his feet. Trump journeys ever downward and finds himself lost in peculiar settings surrounded by the…mehr

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Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey is a parabolic fantasy novel by Ingersoll Lockwood (1900; or, The Last President). This strange fin de siècle work from 1893 has received wide media attention recently due to the unusual similarities between its hero and US President Donald Trump. The Trump of Lockwood's novel is an aristocratic youth bored with his life of luxury in his New York castle. Searching for adventure, he travels to Russia where he discovers an underground world beneath his feet. Trump journeys ever downward and finds himself lost in peculiar settings surrounded by the strange inhabitants of this foreign land. The story follows the little baron's efforts to navigate the scary Russian underworld and find his way back to America.
Autorenporträt
Ingersoll Lockwood was born at Ossining, New York, in August 1841 to a well-known legal family. His father, Munson Lockwood, was a brigadier general in the New York State Militia, a lawyer, and also went on to hold the position of Warden at the famous Sing Sing prison. Both of Ingersoll¿s uncles, Ralph and Albert Lockwood, were also attorneys. Ingersoll was trained in the law, but before establishing a practice, he was appointed Consul to the Kingdom of Hanover by the Lincoln Administration ¿ becoming the youngest member of a U.S. delegation. After his federal service, Ingersoll came back to New York City where he established a successful firm with his brother Henry. In addition to his legal work, Ingersoll began a writing career, which included political essays, fiction and poetry. His most successful works were his children¿s novels surrounding the character of Baron Trump. He retired to Saratoga Springs New York where he continued to write, publishing his last book of poetry five years before his death in 1918.