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Elbert Green Hubbard (1856-1915) was an American writer and artist who championed the cause of free-market enterprise, civil rights and international peace. His first job was as a salesman for Larkin soap; later he and his first wife, Bertha, established the Roycrofters, at first a publishing firm producing journals of comment and satire and fine handmade volumes, and later a fully-fledged Arts and Crafts community in East Aurora, New York. The couple divorced and in 1904, and Elbert married his mistress, teacher Alice Moore. The Roycrofters attracted a mix of socialists and free-traders, and over time Hubbard inclined more to the latter. Elbert’s public doubts over America’s role in the Great War, and plan to interview the Kaiser, caused a scandal, and in 1915, after receiving a Presidential pardon, Elbert and Alice left for Europe. Tales of heroism during sinking of the Titanic three years earlier had fascinated him, and as Fate would have it the Hubbards chose to sail on the Lusitania. The ship was torpedoed by the Germans on May 7th, 1915, and leaving the lifeboats to others, Elbert and Alice quietly locked themselves in their cabin.
