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RE: George Francis Train as Fogg

From: BUTCHER, Charles William <wb~at~ied.edu.hk>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2000 18:20:32 +0800
To: "'sbrown~at~tacomadailyindex.com'" <sbrown~at~tacomadailyindex.com>
Cc: "'Jules Verne Forum'" <jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il>

Dear Mr Brown,

Please find below an extract from my OUP critical edition of AWED:

        Another possible source is the appropriately_named George Francis
Train, who made four trips around the world, the first in two years, and the
second in 80 days in 1870. Like Cook, Train went westwards; but similarities
with Fogg's adventures include the hire of a private train and his being
imprisoned. Train was in France in 1870_1, had previously built railways in
America, and ran for the American Presidency in 1872 _ all ideas that are
echoed in Around the World in Eighty Days.


Bill

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                -----Original Message-----
                From: Steve Brown [mailto:sbrown~at~tacomadailyindex.com]
                Sent: 02 May 2000 01:32
                To: jvf~at~math.technion.ac.il
                Subject: George Francis Train as Fogg

                I am seeking information for a newspaper article on whether
Jules Verne
                based his Around the World in 80 Days character, Phineas
Fogg, on George
                Francis "Citizen" Train.
                I know Train completed an earlier trip around the world, and
after Nellie
                Bly beat the "80 days", Train made another trip coming in at
67 days
                to/from Tacoma, Washington. He later made another trip.
                If anyone has information on the Train/Verne/Fogg
connection, please e-mail
                me at editor~at~tacomadailyindex.com prior to May 20, 2000.
                Thank you,
                Steve Brown

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