The Helicon Home Colony was the brainchild of the renowned author and muckraking journalist Upton Sinclair. It lasted less than 6 months and went down in a literal blaze. "We stood in the snow and watched our beautiful utopia flame and roar, until it crashed in and died away to a dull glow."
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Links & Resources
- The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Autobiography of Upton Sinclair
- Utopia, New Jersey: Travels in the Nearest Eden by Perdita Buchan
- Radical Innocent: Upton Sinclair by Anthony Arthur
Written and produced by Anna Roberts
Burning palm tree artwork by Perry Vasquez
Intro music by Elliot Middleton
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