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Eric Francis Hodgins (March 2, 1899 – January 7, 1971) was the American author of the popular novel Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House, illustrated by William Steig.
Eric Hodgins has 30 books on Goodreads with 2915 ratings. Eric Hodgins’s most popular book is Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House.
Born 1899, Eric Francis Hodgins was the American author of the popular Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House (1946). Hodgins served as editor in chief of The Youth Companion, associate editor of Redbook, and then as associate editor of Fortune magazine. He became publisher of Fortune in 1937, and a vice president of Time Inc. in 1938.
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Nov 16, 2009 · Eric Hodgins, the Real Mr. Blandings: Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House “wrote itself,” he said. It was published in 1946 and was an instant bestseller. He made $200,000 on the movie rights alone, and the film was a hit. Hodgins wrote a sequel called Blandings Way in 1950 (affiliate link).
Jan 8, 1971 · Eric Hodgins, whose 1946 first novel, “Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House,” became a best seller and whose later ef forts to overcome the effects of a stroke was the subject of his...
Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House. by Eric Hodgins. 3.75 · 813 Ratings · 98 Reviews · published 1946 · 21 editions. The classic tale of leaving the city and building …. Want to Read.
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Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House is a 1946 comedy novel written by Eric Hodgins and illustrated by William Steig, describing the vicissitudes of buying a home in the country.
