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'''John Theodore Herrmann''' was born in [[Lansing, Michigan]] in 1900. He was the son of a German immigrant family. <ref>"Novel Recounts German Backlash in Lansing," Lansing State Journal, November 11, 2018, P. A13| https://www.newspapers.com/image/505827053/</ref>He lived in [[Paris]] in the 1920s, part of the famous expatriate American writers' circle there, when he met his first wife [[Josephine Herbst]]. Herrmann's family were tailors in Lansing, and would send Herrmann suits in Paris, which he would then often give to writers, including [[Ernest Hemingway]].<ref>"Forgotten Novelist Gets his Due 89 Years Later", Lansing State Journal, June 11, 2015, P. A5 |https://www.newspapers.com/image/109043509/</ref>

'''John Theodore Herrmann''' was born in [[Lansing, Michigan]] in 1900. He was the son of a German immigrant family. <ref>"Novel Recounts German Backlash in Lansing," Lansing State Journal, November 11, 2018, P. A13| https://www.newspapers.com/image/505827053/</ref>He lived in [[Paris]] in the 1920s, part of the famous expatriate American writers' circle there, when he met his first wife [[Josephine Herbst]]. Herrmann's family were tailors in Lansing, and would send Herrmann suits in Paris, which he would then often give to writers, including [[Ernest Hemingway]].<ref>"Forgotten Novelist Gets his Due 89 Years Later", Lansing State Journal, June 11, 2015, P. A5 |https://www.newspapers.com/image/109043509/</ref>

Josephine is enjoyed more success as a writer than her husband. He scraped by 6 as an “author and petition writer,” and as a minor party functionary. The couple lived a few years in rural Pennsylvania, and were friends with [[Katherine Porter|Katherine Anne Porter]], who had lived in Mexico for a time in the 1920s. They divorced in the early 1930s, and he went to work for the [[New Deal]] administration of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1934.   

Josephine enjoyed more success as a writer than her husband. John scraped by as an “author and petition writer,” and as a minor party functionary. The couple lived a few years in rural Pennsylvania, and were friends with [[Katherine Porter|Katherine Anne Porter]], who had lived in Mexico for a time in the 1920s. They divorced in the early 1930s, and he went to work for the [[New Deal]] administration of [[Franklin Roosevelt]] in 1934.   

Herrmann became part of the [[Ware group]], a Washington D.C. based secret apparatus of the [[CPUSA]] and [[Comintern]] and functioned as a courier to carry classified information to Soviet intelligence.  Hermann worked within the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].   

Herrmann became part of the [[Ware group]], a Washington D.C. based secret apparatus of the [[CPUSA]] and [[Comintern]] and functioned as a courier to carry classified information to Soviet intelligence.  Hermann worked within the [[Agricultural Adjustment Administration]].   

From early 1934 until the summer of 1935 Herrmann was a paid courier for the CPUSA whose job was to deliver to New York material emanating from the secret cells of sympathetic government employees being cultivated by Hal Ware.  Herrmann introduced [[Whittaker Chambers]] to [[Alger Hiss]].  

From early 1934 until the summer of 1935 Herrmann was a paid courier for the CPUSA whose job was to deliver to New York material emanating from the secret cells of sympathetic government employees being cultivated by Hal Ware.  Herrmann introduced [[Whittaker Chambers]] to [[Alger Hiss]] at a Dupont Circle Chinese restaurant in 1934, according to Herbst's biographer in 1984.  

By 1940 he was living alone on a houseboat, the Cheerio, near New Orleans’s Bourbon street. Then, at age 41 he enlisted in the Coast Guard, serving until war’s end.  

By 1940 he was living alone on a houseboat, the Cheerio, near New Orleans’s Bourbon street. Then, at age 41 he enlisted in the Coast Guard, serving until war’s end.