Jerome B. Holgate

Jerome Bonaparte Holgate (1812–1893) is the name of the American author who wrote the dystopian novel A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19-- (1835).[1] He wrote this work under the pseudonym of Oliver Bolokitten.[2] After his death in 1893, he was laid to rest in Riverside Cemetery in Defiance, Ohio.[3]

Jerome B. Holgate
Born7 October 1812
Burlington, Vermont
Died7 April 1893 (aged 80)
Utica, New York
Resting placeRiverside Cemetery, Defiance, Ohio
Pen nameOliver Bolokitten
First edition title page to A Sojourn in the City of Amalgamation, in the Year of Our Lord, 19--.

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References

  1. Clute, John (October 2011). "Holgate, Jerome B". The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction (3rd. ed.). Retrieved 5 August 2014.
  2. Bolokitten, Oliver (1835). A sojourn in the city of Amalgamation : in the Year of Our Lord 19--. Boston Public Library. New York: Self-Published.
  3. Flint, Eric. "Jerome Bonaparte Holgate". Find A Grave. Retrieved 30 October 2019.


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