Addison Peale Russell
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Addison Peale Russell (8 September 1826 – 24 July 1912) was an American author of the later nineteenth century.[1] He is remembered mainly for his Sub-Coelum — "his best book...a Utopian protest against materialistic socialism."[2]
Russell was born in Ohio; his formal education ended with grammar school. At the age of sixteen he took a job as a printer for a newspaper; by nineteen he had worked his way up to editor and publisher of the Hillsboro, Ohio News. He pursued a journalism career until he switched to politics and public service. He was made clerk of the Ohio Senate in 1850; he later served as a state legislator (1855–57) and Secretary of State for Ohio (1857–61). He retired from public office in 1868 to pursue literature. He wrote seven books:
- Half Tints (1867)
- Library Notes (1875)
- Thomas Corwin (1882)
- Characteristics (1884)
- A Club of One (1887)
- In a Club Corner (1890)
- Sub-Coelum (1893).
Apart from his biographical survey of Thomas Corwin, an Ohio governor, Russell's books generally fall into the category of belles-lettres.
