DIXON, Charles

DIXON, Charles
   UK writer, problematically identified as Charles Dixon (1858-1926), an ornithologist of some renown. The sf novel written by him or some other CD is Fifteen Hundred Miles an Hour (1895), a boys' tale featuring the interplanetary exploits of some young protagonists who travel to MARS via an electric SPACESHIP.
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