What do you think?
Rate this book
The Baron Trump Novels: Baron Trump's Marvelous Underground Journey & Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and His Wonderful Dog Bulger
Original and unabridged with all original illustrations.
In the 1890s, Ingersoll Lockwood authored a series of children's books about the escapades of his character, the young Baron Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and his Wonderful Dog Bulger, and Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey. The series followed a literary trend of the time, which had child protagonists adventuring to enchanted lands and encountering fantastic beings. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, and L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz are two famous examples of this genre.
Lockwood's Baron is an aristocratic youth bored with his life of luxury in Castle Trump. Searching for adventure, Baron travels to Russia to discover an underground world beneath his feet. He journeys downward and finds himself lost in peculiar settings surrounded by the strange inhabitants of this new world. The stories follow his adventures and eventual struggle to find his way back to the surface he left behind.
The Baron Trump novels were obscured by the more successful children's books of the time. Lockwood's tall tales seemed destined for the literary dust bin, but the election of Donald Trump in 2016 renewed interest in these works due to the President's youngest son's Barron Trump. Now, back in print, the Baron Trump series is enjoying considerable interest and success.
In the 1890s, Ingersoll Lockwood authored a series of children's books about the escapades of his character, the young Baron Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and his Wonderful Dog Bulger, and Baron Trump's Marvellous Underground Journey. The series followed a literary trend of the time, which had child protagonists adventuring to enchanted lands and encountering fantastic beings. Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland, and L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz are two famous examples of this genre.
Lockwood's Baron is an aristocratic youth bored with his life of luxury in Castle Trump. Searching for adventure, Baron travels to Russia to discover an underground world beneath his feet. He journeys downward and finds himself lost in peculiar settings surrounded by the strange inhabitants of this new world. The stories follow his adventures and eventual struggle to find his way back to the surface he left behind.
The Baron Trump novels were obscured by the more successful children's books of the time. Lockwood's tall tales seemed destined for the literary dust bin, but the election of Donald Trump in 2016 renewed interest in these works due to the President's youngest son's Barron Trump. Now, back in print, the Baron Trump series is enjoying considerable interest and success.
528 pages, Kindle Edition
Published February 22, 2018
365 people are currently reading
367 people want to read
About the author
Ingersoll Lockwood
92 books94 followersIngersoll Lockwood was an American lawyer and writer. As a writer, he is particularly known today for his Baron Trump children's novels. He wrote other children's novels, the dystopian novel 1900: or; The Last President, a play, and several non-fiction works. He wrote some of his non-fiction under the pseudonym Irwin Longman.
Ratings & Reviews
Friends & Following
Create a free account to discover what your friends think of this book!
Community Reviews
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews
February 22, 2021
First off, I would like to note that this book was re- published and written on the back about the book is a synopsis saying the book was written in the late 1800’s and is related to former President Trump. It is complete falsehood and what is written about the contents of the book was written as a publicity stunt in order to sell more books. If you want to purchase this book to learn more about Trump because you believe the lies that this book somehow was “time traveled” and sends messages about the future then you will be sorely disappointed.
What this book is is a children’s book that is set up as an adventure where the young boy character (Baron Von Troomp—-which part of the time to help sell lies, his name is changed to Trump) and his dog set off on adventures to see strange places and people (book 1). Book 2 describes his and his dog’s adventures in the World under the World.
The story is cute and engaging if you are reading it for what it is. It can really be enjoyable as a light read and kinda reminds me of the type of adventures like the Hobbit. The issues I had with the book were the name change, misspelling and typos. It really appears like whoever republished this book did not take the care needed to ensure a clean manuscript went to print.
What this book is is a children’s book that is set up as an adventure where the young boy character (Baron Von Troomp—-which part of the time to help sell lies, his name is changed to Trump) and his dog set off on adventures to see strange places and people (book 1). Book 2 describes his and his dog’s adventures in the World under the World.
The story is cute and engaging if you are reading it for what it is. It can really be enjoyable as a light read and kinda reminds me of the type of adventures like the Hobbit. The issues I had with the book were the name change, misspelling and typos. It really appears like whoever republished this book did not take the care needed to ensure a clean manuscript went to print.
April 30, 2023
So I started reading tis because of the theories on the internet about Trump somehow being a time traveler. The similarity with the name is the main reason. The main character is
Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp, called Little Baron Trump. That is a complete coincidence and has nothing to do with Donald Trump. The stories were written by Ingersoll Lockwood in the late 1890's. The stories are fantasy that fall somewhere between L. Frank Baum and the Wizard of Oz series and Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Pellucidar - At the Erath's Core series. Although the Baron Trump stories were written first.
The last in the series is called 1900 - Or the Last President, which has some connection to Trump because of references to New York and 5th Avenue. But That is the end of the connect ion. It seems to me that it was a political satire warning of the dangers of electing William Jennings Bryan and succumbing to foolish economic policies and socialism. Bryan wasn't elected, McKinley was. That story was kind of dry. But I did enjoy the fantasy adventures of Baron Trump.
Wilhelm Heinrich Sebastian Von Troomp, called Little Baron Trump. That is a complete coincidence and has nothing to do with Donald Trump. The stories were written by Ingersoll Lockwood in the late 1890's. The stories are fantasy that fall somewhere between L. Frank Baum and the Wizard of Oz series and Edgar Rice Burroughs and the Pellucidar - At the Erath's Core series. Although the Baron Trump stories were written first.
The last in the series is called 1900 - Or the Last President, which has some connection to Trump because of references to New York and 5th Avenue. But That is the end of the connect ion. It seems to me that it was a political satire warning of the dangers of electing William Jennings Bryan and succumbing to foolish economic policies and socialism. Bryan wasn't elected, McKinley was. That story was kind of dry. But I did enjoy the fantasy adventures of Baron Trump.
March 18, 2024
This covers the first two books on Baron Trump. For a separate treatment of the Last President and Laconics of Cult see reviews for those two books.
Despite being a dense book to read it was overall a good book. This is the 2nd book in the Baron Trump Collection by Lockwood where the young German travels North in the warmer months to Russia's northern and less sparse regions seeking entrance to an underworld realm that he's read about in one of his many obscure manuscripts.
More will follow... Concerning the condition of the text of book itself, a short review of the Lockwood books in general and their disparate nature, reason why people have latched on them, the character traits of Baron Trump, similarities in style with a certain horror writer and some other odds and ends. But first I have to go find where I put that book as I read it about three years ago.
The above was written in August of 2021 and here it is March 17th, 2024, three days from the Vernal Equinox, the very time the Earth limits its continuous trek toward darkness and returns to light. So yes, Dark to Light and the same day as Barron Trump's 18th Birthday. Significant? Yes.
Briefly about this Book. Not really, I'm starting with the first book "Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and his Wonderful Dog Bulger", for both books are quite similar and both are entirely hard to read. Actually a challenge for the best of readers. They are called a children's books, and tell the story about a child but adults will find it a rather difficult read for the book is more of a primer for a special kind of child prodigy, one whom is meant to excel in all endeavors, trained to use their brain and hone their skills as a master with indomitable will, who won't succumb to the most difficult challenges.
Now I read this book in 2019 and you could not force me to read it again, yet it is a remarkable work for what it intends. Both books are filled with short adventures. In the first book) the stories are punctuated and begin with Baron Trump as a mere baby out of the womb and already correcting things not to his liking, mother and father included. The book continuous thus as the young master prepares to travel the world, acquires what is needed to include a ship and crew and then sets out to do just that. The second book, this, picks up after the young master returns home and prepares for his second great adventure after discovering some tid bit of knowledge he finds worthy of further investigation and thus he sets out to toward the farthest reaches of Russia seeking a certain hole that will take him below the surface of the earth.
Both books are filled with ludicrous tales that seem to happen without rhyme or reason, but happen instead because young Baron Trump is confronted with an obstacle to be overcome and he does it, again and again and again by focusing his attention on his intentions and brooks no negativism, barely even a look back as to the reason for his actions as from the very outset he's determined a thing needs doing and he does it. When you read this book you are not going to be able to escape the thought that such a book or some rigorous training like it, may have helped to forge the 45th President of the United States. What can be gleaned about the character of Donald Trump seems to have been fashioned in this remarkable story. The book however is not about Donald Trump per say, but about the young master Baron Trump so for that we'll turn to Barron in a most startling way.
Before we turn to that, a bit about some frustrating aspects concerning the story. Besides being written in almost archaic prose making it a challenge to read, there is the thing about descriptions in the book. Where a simple description will do for one thing, you are often met with batches of descriptions that are inordinately long. You might be marveled by this at first, indeed I've only run across it with H.P. Lovecraft stories done for a different effect, but soon it will seem tedious and there are points where the batches are so long you'll scream "Enough!" before the story thankfully picks up again. If there is a purpose to this I can only think it's to train that special gifted child in examining all details in the minutest manner in order to overcome obstacles in a rational way, for normal adults though it's enough that you don't toss the book out a window.
Now about Barron. No not Baron in the book, Barron in real life for there are tell-tale signs that the President's son may actually have been forced to apply himself in a matter where such a skill set as can be developed from these books could be useful in a nasty and detractable situation where a positive outcome was desired and achieved with remarkable result that is still growing worldwide in something called The Great Awakening . To get there though and step you through that, I'd have to come back and I fear I'd not make it back before the change from Dark to Light begins. Dark to Light is a common refrain in The Great Awakening. It is also applicable to the Vernal Equinox, where the course of sun's light reflected on the Earth turns back toward the North and in this age and time it occurs on March 20th the same day as Barron Trumps birthday, with this one being his 18th.
more soon...and hopefully not in the way Q uses the word "soon" for if such is the case we may never get there :) So hopefully sooner than that or dread… not at all soon, as the information would be controversial and does demand out of respect a pre-action which is out of my control.
Despite being a dense book to read it was overall a good book. This is the 2nd book in the Baron Trump Collection by Lockwood where the young German travels North in the warmer months to Russia's northern and less sparse regions seeking entrance to an underworld realm that he's read about in one of his many obscure manuscripts.
More will follow... Concerning the condition of the text of book itself, a short review of the Lockwood books in general and their disparate nature, reason why people have latched on them, the character traits of Baron Trump, similarities in style with a certain horror writer and some other odds and ends. But first I have to go find where I put that book as I read it about three years ago.
The above was written in August of 2021 and here it is March 17th, 2024, three days from the Vernal Equinox, the very time the Earth limits its continuous trek toward darkness and returns to light. So yes, Dark to Light and the same day as Barron Trump's 18th Birthday. Significant? Yes.
Briefly about this Book. Not really, I'm starting with the first book "Travels and Adventures of Little Baron Trump and his Wonderful Dog Bulger", for both books are quite similar and both are entirely hard to read. Actually a challenge for the best of readers. They are called a children's books, and tell the story about a child but adults will find it a rather difficult read for the book is more of a primer for a special kind of child prodigy, one whom is meant to excel in all endeavors, trained to use their brain and hone their skills as a master with indomitable will, who won't succumb to the most difficult challenges.
Now I read this book in 2019 and you could not force me to read it again, yet it is a remarkable work for what it intends. Both books are filled with short adventures. In the first book) the stories are punctuated and begin with Baron Trump as a mere baby out of the womb and already correcting things not to his liking, mother and father included. The book continuous thus as the young master prepares to travel the world, acquires what is needed to include a ship and crew and then sets out to do just that. The second book, this, picks up after the young master returns home and prepares for his second great adventure after discovering some tid bit of knowledge he finds worthy of further investigation and thus he sets out to toward the farthest reaches of Russia seeking a certain hole that will take him below the surface of the earth.
Both books are filled with ludicrous tales that seem to happen without rhyme or reason, but happen instead because young Baron Trump is confronted with an obstacle to be overcome and he does it, again and again and again by focusing his attention on his intentions and brooks no negativism, barely even a look back as to the reason for his actions as from the very outset he's determined a thing needs doing and he does it. When you read this book you are not going to be able to escape the thought that such a book or some rigorous training like it, may have helped to forge the 45th President of the United States. What can be gleaned about the character of Donald Trump seems to have been fashioned in this remarkable story. The book however is not about Donald Trump per say, but about the young master Baron Trump so for that we'll turn to Barron in a most startling way.
Before we turn to that, a bit about some frustrating aspects concerning the story. Besides being written in almost archaic prose making it a challenge to read, there is the thing about descriptions in the book. Where a simple description will do for one thing, you are often met with batches of descriptions that are inordinately long. You might be marveled by this at first, indeed I've only run across it with H.P. Lovecraft stories done for a different effect, but soon it will seem tedious and there are points where the batches are so long you'll scream "Enough!" before the story thankfully picks up again. If there is a purpose to this I can only think it's to train that special gifted child in examining all details in the minutest manner in order to overcome obstacles in a rational way, for normal adults though it's enough that you don't toss the book out a window.
Now about Barron. No not Baron in the book, Barron in real life for there are tell-tale signs that the President's son may actually have been forced to apply himself in a matter where such a skill set as can be developed from these books could be useful in a nasty and detractable situation where a positive outcome was desired and achieved with remarkable result that is still growing worldwide in something called The Great Awakening . To get there though and step you through that, I'd have to come back and I fear I'd not make it back before the change from Dark to Light begins. Dark to Light is a common refrain in The Great Awakening. It is also applicable to the Vernal Equinox, where the course of sun's light reflected on the Earth turns back toward the North and in this age and time it occurs on March 20th the same day as Barron Trumps birthday, with this one being his 18th.
more soon...and hopefully not in the way Q uses the word "soon" for if such is the case we may never get there :) So hopefully sooner than that or dread… not at all soon, as the information would be controversial and does demand out of respect a pre-action which is out of my control.
September 19, 2021
I started this novel and set it aside, but finally decided I would finish this extraordinary novel of Little Baron Trump's hundreds of adventures through strange lands and even stranger inhabitants. Lockwood's creative language is fun to read and also introduced me to many new words I never knew existed. Not sure how I feel about this being a children's novel as it appears to be adult language throughout.
August 7, 2025
I bought and read this 19th-century collection because I heard it had eerie similarities to the present day. However, aside from a few coincidences, there isn't all that much to back up those claims. The first and second books are whimsical and fun, despite an obscene number of typos or misprints in the former. The third and final book is very short and completely disconnected from the first two, so I had a difficult time with it.
This entire review has been hidden because of spoilers.
Displaying 1 - 5 of 5 reviews