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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 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.   

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.   

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.  

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.  

He remarried to Ruth Peck, began to restructure his life, but then fled to Mexico fearing arrest because of his contacts with Alger Hiss who was being investigated for espionage. John became part of the American-left’s expatriate colony  in Mexico ling  as  a “tourist writer.”  

He remarried to Ruth Peck, began to restructure his life, but then fled to Mexico fearing arrest because of his contacts with Alger Hiss who was being investigated for espionage. John became part of the American-left's expatriate colony  in Mexico ling  as  a “tourist writer.”  

He applied in March 1949 to Mexico City College as a speech and drama major. He attended for only two quarters, Fall 1950 and Winter 1951. A photograph in the Nov. 16, 1950 issue of M.C.C.'s student paper, the ''Collegian'', shows Earl Sennett speaking to twelve students in his "Studio Stages" drama group; among them are Frank Jeffries, Alice Hartman, and John Herrmann.

He applied in March 1949 to Mexico City College as a speech and drama major. He attended for only two quarters, Fall 1950 and Winter 1951. A photograph in the Nov. 16, 1950 issue of M.C.C.'s student paper, the ''Collegian'', shows Earl Sennett speaking to twelve students in his "Studio Stages" drama group; among them are Frank Jeffries, Alice Hartman, and John Herrmann.