Real judge inspired flight of fancy

  • Real judge inspired flight of fancy
    Real judge inspired flight of fancy
A former judge from the Lone Star State passed away in Chicago on Dec. 31, 1867 never knowing he would soon be immortalized in a short story that may be based more on fact than fiction. Four years later, a San Francisco newspaper carried a freelance piece from William Rhodes, a Texas attorney turned science fiction writer. “The Case of Summerfield” opens with the author recalling his boyhood…

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