This American author wrote several collections of short stories ranging from life in the Ozarks to Chicago gangsters. He also wrote historical novels, penning Spirit Lake and Valley Forge. He was a reporter for the Webster City Daily News, and he eventually returned to Iowa to become a columnist for the Des Moines Tribune. He eventually became a screenwriter in Hollywood where he adapted his work Glory for Me for the 1946 film, The Best Years of our Lives. FTP -- name this author of 1955's Pulitzer prize winner Andersonville.
This American author wrote several collections of short stories ranging from life in the Ozarks to Chicago gangsters. He also wrote historical novels, penning Spirit Lake and Valley Forge. He was a reporter for the Webster City Daily News, and he eventually returned to Iowa to become a columnist for the Des Moines Tribune. He eventually became a screenwriter in Hollywood where he adapted his work Glory for Me for the 1946 film, The Best Years of our Lives. FTP -- name this author of 1955's Pulitzer prize winner Andersonville.
This American author wrote several collections of short stories ranging from life in the Ozarks to Chicago gangsters.
Mackinlay {Kantor}