Eric Francis Hodgins was the American author of the popular novel Mr Blandings Builds His Dream House, illustrated by William Steig.
10 Facts About Eric Hodgins
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Eric Hodgins attended the Trinity School in New York City, from which he graduated in 1917.
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Eric Hodgins graduated from MIT in 1922 with a chemical engineering degree.
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Eric Hodgins resigned from Time Inc in 1946 to become a full-time writer.
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Eric Hodgins died on January 20,1933 while giving birth to their son, Roderic.
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In real life, the house was completed in 1939 but was so expensive, that Hodgins was forced to sell it in 1945 for $38,000 to John Allard, a retired Air Force general.
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Eric Hodgins unsuccessfully tried to buy the house back after receiving $200,000 from movie rights to the book.
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Eric Hodgins's next novel was a sequel called Blandings' Way about a liberal man working in advertising who wanted to do good but was accused of being a Communist.
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Eric Hodgins thought it was a better book, but it was overshadowed by the success of the earlier one.
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Eric Hodgins described the stroke and long recovery in Episode: Report On the Accident Inside My Skull, published in 1964.