1841 – Father David De Casseres born August 24, 1841 in Kingston, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica
1873 – Benjamin DeCasseres born in Philadelphia, PA. to David and Lottie DeCasseres on
1886 (13) – Dropped out of school.
1889 (16) – Hired as office boy for editor-in-cheif of Philadelphia Press
1890 – “Hon. Thomas B. Reed” published in Balford’s Magazine
1892 – Promoted to proof-reader, occasionally writing editorials and reviews.
1899 (26) – Moved to New York City, hired as proof-reader for New York Sun. Began freelance writing.
1900 – Walter DeCasseres, his bother, dies of suicide.
1902 – First freelance article “Thomas Hardy’s Women” published in “The Bookman”
1902 – Met Bio.
1903 – Left New York Sun for New York Herald
1903 – Began contributing work to Elbert Hubbard’s various magazines, as well as The Critic.
1904 – Father David De Casseres died, August 1st 1904.
1906 – Moved to Mexico to work for El Diario.
1907 – April 30th – Returned to New York City and resumed job at New York Sun.
1908 – Lottie DeCasseres, his mother, dies on February 3rd.
1909 – Began writing for Camera Work
1913 – Last article for Camera Work
1913 – Announced his candidacy for Mayor of New York.
1914- First published in The Smart Set
1915 – The Shadow-Eater published
1919 – October 12th, Married Bio
1920 – Joined Long Island staff of Famous Players Lansky
1921 – Introduction to Eldridge’s book And the Sphinx Spoke
1922 – Chameleon, Being a Book of My Selves published
1922 – Joined staff of Arts and Decoration magazine
1923 – first known Radio appearance
1924- Began working for Universal Studios in Hollywood, CA.
1925 – Forty Immortals published
1925 – James Gibbons Huneker published
1925 – Mirrors of New York published
1926 – Began writing for the American Mercury
1926 – What Is a Doodle-Goof? published
1926 – Arranged for publication of The Sublime Boy and The Boy of Bethlehem by Walter and Bio.
1927 – The Shadow-Eater republished in a revised edition
1928 – Anathema! Litanies of Negation published
1929 – Superman In America published
1930 – Mencken and Shaw published
1931 – Love Letters of a Living Poet published
1932 – Spinoza, Liberator of God and Man published
1933 – Left of Arts and Decoration magazine
1934 – When Huck Finn Went High Brow published
1935 – Germans, Jews and France by Nietzsche published
1936 – Muse of Lies published
1936 – Exhibitionism, the first of the “DeCasseres Books” published
1936 – The Communist-Parasite State published
1938 – Fantasia Impromptu, the last of the “DeCasseres Books” published
1938 – Don Marquis Published
1939 – The Works of Benjamin DeCasseres published
1945 – Death
1945 – FINIS published