Trenton, NJ
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.Old Chatham, NY, January 31, 2004) was an American novelist, sometimes referred to as "an American
Orwell
Eric Arthur Blair (25 June 1903 – 21 January 1950), better known by his pen name George Orwell, was an English novelist, essayist, journalist, and critic. His work is characterised by lucid prose, social criticism, opposition to totalitari ...
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Biography
Herrick was born to Jewish parents who had come to the United States from
Belarus
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and settled in
Trenton, New Jersey
Trenton is the capital city of the U.S. state of New Jersey and the county seat of Mercer County. It was the capital of the United States from November 1 to December 24, 1784.Abraham Lincoln Brigade
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which fought
Franco
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* Francisco Franco (1892–1975), Spanish general and dictator of Spain from 1939 to 1975
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's forces during the
Spanish Civil War
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. Drawing on that experience he wrote ''Hermanos!'' (1969), a novel about the war itself, and another novel set in
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
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, ''Shadows and Wolves'' (1980), about the post-Franco period. He left the American Communist Party over the Hitler–Stalin non-aggression pact in 1939 and criticised the Brigade as willing accomplices of the Communist secret police, who were killing off anyone who criticized the Party.
Two other novels touch on his experience in Spain: ''Love and Terror'' (1981) and ''Kill Memory'' (1983). His autobiography is entitled ''Jumping the Line: The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Radical'' (1998).
Bibliography
Fiction
*The Itinerant (1967)
*Hermanos! (1969)
*Strayhorn (1973)
*Golcz: A Novel (1976)
*Shadows and Wolves (1980)
*Love and Terror (1981)
*Kill Memory (1984)
*That's Life: A Fiction (1985)
*The Last to Die (1986)
*Bradovich (1993)
Nonfiction
*Jumping the Line: The Adventures and Misadventures of an American Radical (1998) - Autobiography
New York State Writers Institute
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