Ward Moore

Ward Moore (b. August 10, 1903, Madison, New Jersey - d. January 28, 1978) was the working name of American author Joseph Ward Moore. Born in Canada Moore grew up in New York City, and later moved to Chicago, and then to California.

Moore began publishing with the novel, Breathe the Air Again (1942). His most famous work is the alternate history novel Bring the Jubilee (1953). This novel, narrated by time traveler Hodge Backmaker, tells of a world in which the South won the American Civil War, leaving the North in ruins.

Moore's other novels include Cloud By Day, which takes place in Topanga Canyon; Greener Than You Think, a novel about unstoppable Bermuda Grass; Joyleg, co-authored with Avram Davidson; and Caduceus Wild, co-authored with Robert Bradford.

Ward Moore is also known for the two short stories (since collected) Lot (1953) and Lot's Daughter (1954) which are post apocalyptic tales with parallels to the Bible. The film Panic in Year Zero! (1962) was based on Lot and Lot's Daughter.

Selected Bibliography

Novels

• Greener Than You Think (1947)
• Bring the Jubilee (1953)

Collections

• Lot & Lot's Daughter (1996)

Shortfiction

• Peacebringer (1950)
  • Variant Title: Sword of Peace (1950)
• Peacebringer (1950)
• Sword of Peace (1950)
• Flying Dutchman (1951)
• Bring the Jubilee (1952)
• We, The People (1952)
• We the People (1952)
• Lot (1953)
• Measure of a Man (1953)
• Dominions Beyond (1954)
  • Variant Title: The Second Trip to Mars (1954)
• Dominions Beyond (1954)
• Lot's Daughter (1954)
• The Second Trip to Mars (1954)
• The Second Trip to Mars (1954)
• The Mysterious Milkman of Bishop Street (1955)

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