Hutchins Harry Hapgood (1869–1944) was an American journalist, author and

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Life and career

Hapgood was born to Charles Hutchins Hapgood (1836–1917) and Fanny Louise (Powers) Hapgood (1846–1922) and grew up in

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, where his father was a wealthy manufacturer of farming equipment. He is the younger brother of the journalist and diplomat

Norman Hapgood Norman Hapgood (March 28, 1868 – April 29, 1937) was an American writer, journalist, editor, and critic, and an American Minister to Denmark. Biography Norman Hapgood was born March 28, 1868 in Chicago, Illinois to Charles Hutchins Hapgood ( ...

. After a year at the

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, he transferred to

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, where he took a B.A. in 1892 and earned his Masters in 1897. Two of the intervening years were spent studying sociology and philosophy at the universities of

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and

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. At first, he became a teacher of English composition at Harvard and the

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, but was eventually inspired by his older brother,

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to pursue a career in journalism. He obtained his first employment with the '' New York Commercial Advertiser'' (later known as the ''

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''). His mentor there was

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, the

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reporter. On June 22, 1899, he married

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, Steffens' assistant and a journalist in her own right. In 1904, when the ''Advertiser'' was revamped as the ''Globe'', he went back to Chicago for a time and became the drama critic for the ''

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''. Returning to New York, he spent much of his career as an editorial writer for the ''

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'', the ''

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'', and the ''Globe''.

Works

* ''Paul Jones'' (1901) * '' The Spirit of the Ghetto: Studies of the Jewish Quarter in New York'' (1902, reissued by

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, 1983. ) * ''The Autobiography of a Thief'' (1903) * ''The Spirit of Labor'' (1907, reissued by the

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, 2004. ) * ''Types from City Streets'' (1910, reissued by Garret Press, 1970. ) * ''

An Anarchist Woman ''An Anarchist Woman'' is a 1909 novel by Hutchins Hapgood Hutchins Harry Hapgood (1869–1944) was an American journalist, author and anarchist. Life and career Hapgood was born to Charles Hutchins Hapgood (1836–1917) and Fanny Louise ...

'' (Novel, 1909) * ''The Story of a Lover'' (1919, published anonymously) * ''A Victorian in the Modern World'' (Autobiography, 1939, reissued by the

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, 1972: )

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