George Pattullo (writer)
George Pattullo (writer) | |
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| Born | October 9, 1879 Woodstock, Canada |
| Died | July 29, 1967 (aged 87) New York City |
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Alma mater | Woodstock Collegiate Institute University of Toronto |
| Occupation | Journalist Author |
| Spouse(s) | Lucile Wilson |
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George Pattullo (October 9, 1879 - 1967) was a journalist and author who wrote articles and stories for various publications including the Saturday Evening Post, including as a World War I correspondent, ans well as novels.[1] One of his stories was the basis for the film Gasoline Gus (1921 film). He was the first to report the wartime heroism of Alvin C. York.[2] He was an editor at the Boston Herald. He wrote stories and novels about the American West after traveling it with photographer Erwin Smith during the summers of 1908 - 1910.[3]
Born in Woodstock, Ontario, Canada to George Robson Pattullo and Mary (Rounds) Pattullo[4] he had Scottish ancestry.[3] He attended Woodstock Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto,[5] then worked at newspapers in Montreal, London, and Boston.[4]
He married Lucile Wilson, daughter of Dallas businessman J. B. Wilson. He died July 29, 1967 in New York City and is buried at Hillcrest Mausoleum in Dallas.[4]
The George C. Marshall Foundation library has notes from an interview with Pattullo May 8, 1959.[6]
Bibliography
- Hellwood
- Horrors of Moonlight
- "Corazon", McClure's July 1910[3]
- “The Rebellion of Kitty Bell”, The Saturday Evening Post, 2 April 1910
- The Untamed, range life in the southwest (ca. 1911) McLeod & Allen, Toronto
- The sheriff of Badger; a tale of the southwest borderland, D. Appleton, New York (1912)
- Fightin' Sons of Guns (1917)
- "Her Man", Saturday Evening Post, 194:8 July 2, 1921[7]
- "Old Granite Face", Saturday Evening Post, 194:15 February 4, 1922[8]
- Tight lines! (1938), A 170 page collection of short sketches privately printed by Allsion & Depew, New York in an edition of 300 for Pattullo's friends[9]
- A Good Rooster Crows Everywhere (1939)
- All Our Yesterdays (1948)
- Always new frontiers (1951)
- Some Men in Their Time (1959)
External links
George Pattullo on imbd
Books by George Pattullo
References
- ↑ "George Pattullo | at The Saturday Evening Post". www.saturdayeveningpost.com.
- ↑ ""The Second Elder Gives Battle," magazine article by George Pattullo". teva.contentdm.oclc.org.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Association (U.S.), Western Literature; Staff, Western Literature Association (February 23, 1987). "A Literary History of the American West". TCU Press – via Google Books.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "PATTULLO, GEORGE R." tshaonline.org. June 15, 2010.
- ↑ "George R. Pattullo (May 16, 1911) | Willa Cather Archive". cather.unl.edu.
- ↑ "George Patullo Interview Notes May 8, 1959 - Library". www.marshallfoundation.org.
- ↑ "Gee, this is great, she gurgled". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ↑ "We were all so taken aback --". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
- ↑ https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/009600010
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