Baron Trumps Marvellous Underground Journey by Ingersoll Lockwood Paperback Book 9781680922271

The Baron Trump novels are two childrenamp39s novels written in 1889 and 1893 by the American author and lawyer Ingersoll Lockwood They remained obscure until 2017 when they received media attention for perceived similarities between their protagonist and US President Donald TrumpampnbspIngersoll published the first novel Travels and adventures of Little Baron Trump and his wonderful dog Bulger in 1889 and its sequel Baron Trumpamp39s Marvelous Underground Journey in 1893 The novels recount the adventures of the German boy Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp who goes by ampquotBaron Trumpampquot as he discovers weird underground civilizations offends the natives flees from his entanglements with local women and repeats this pattern until arriving back home at Castle Trump The novels were part of a trend in American childrenamp39s literature that responded to the demand for fantastic adventure stories triggered by Lewis Carrollamp39s Alice in Wonderland 1865ampnbspIn July 2017 the books were rediscovered by Internet forum users and then the media who amused themselves by highlighting perceived similarities between the protagonist and US President Donald Trump whose son is...