American writer (1894–1967)
Marshall's 1923 novel Dian of the Lost Land was reprinted as the cover story on the April 1949 issue of
Famous Fantastic Mysteries
Edison Tesla Marshall (August 28, 1894 – October 29, 1967) was an American short story writer and novelist.
Life
Marshall was born on August 28, 1894, in
Rensselaer, Indiana . He grew up in
Medford, Oregon , and attended the
University of Oregon from 1913 to 1916. He served in the U.S. Army with the rank of
second lieutenant . His 1917
World War I draft registration card indicated he was a "professional writer" employed by
The American Magazine and
The Saturday Evening Post , and that he was missing his thumb on his left hand.
[1] He married Agnes Sharp Flythe; they had two children, Edison and Nancy.
[2] In 1926, they moved to
Augusta, Georgia .
[3] Marshall mainly wrote
historical fiction . He also wrote some
science fiction about
lost civilizations .
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For some of his work, he used the
pseudonym Hall Hunter .
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[2]
His novel Benjamin Blake was adapted into a film in 1942,
Son of Fury , starring
Tyrone Power .
Yankee Pasha-The Adventures of Jason Starbuck was adapted into the film
Yankee Pasha , starring Jeff Chandler and
Mamie Van Doren in 1954, as was
The Vikings , starring
Kirk Douglas , in 1958.
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He held the Gold Cross, Order of Merit from the University of Miami.
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A life-long hunter, he stalked big game in Canada, Alaska, Africa, Indo-China, and India.
[4] A high school hunting accident cost him his thumb. He described his hunting experiences in The Heart of the Hunter , copyrighted in 1956.
He died on October 29, 1967, in Augusta, Georgia.
Awards
Works
Marshall's 1934 novel Ogden's Strange Story was reprinted as the cover story on the December 1949 issue of
Famous Fantastic Mysteries
The Voice of the Pack . Little, Brown, and Company. 1920.
The Snowshoe Trail .
A. L. Burt . 1921.
The Strength of the Pines . Little, Brown. 1921. (reprinted 1950 as Trail's End , Popular Library )
Shepherds of the Wild . Little, Brown and Company. 1922. (reprinted 1950 as Riders of the Smoky Land )
The Skyline of Spruce . Little, Brown, and Company. 1922.
The Land of Forgotten Men .
A. L. Burt . 1923. (reprinted 1972 as The Lost Land )
Seward's Folly . Little, Brown and Company. 1924.
Love Stories of India . Farrar, Straus. 1933.
Ogden's Strange Story . H. C. Kinsey & Company, Inc. 1934.
Dian of the Lost Land . H. C. Kinsey & Company, Inc. 1935.
The Stolen God . Philadelphia Inquirer Public Ledger. 1937.
The Doctor of Lonesome River . Triangle Books. 1938.
The Jewel of Mahabar . H. C. Kinsey & Company, Inc. 1938.
Benjamin Blake . Farrar, Straus. 1941.
Great Smith . Farrar & Rinehart. 1943.
Yankee Pasha-The Adventures of Jason Starbuck . Farrar, Straus. 1947.
Gypsy Sixpence . Farrar, Straus. 1949.
The Upstart . Dell. 1950.
The Infinite Woman . Farrar, Straus. 1950.
Castle in the Swamp: A Tale of Old Carolina . Farrar, Straus. 1948.
The Viking . Farrar, Straus, and Young. 1951.
Caravan to Xanadu: a Novel of Marco Polo . Farrar, Straus and Young. 1951.
Bengal Tiger: a Tale of India . Doubleday. 1952.
American Captain . Farrar, Straus & Young. 1954.
The Gentleman . Farrar, Straus & Cudahy. 1956.
The Pagan King . Doubleday. 1959.
Earth Giant . Doubleday. 1960.
West with the Vikings . Doubleday. 1961.
The Conqueror . Doubleday. 1962.
Cortez and Marina . Doubleday. 1963.
The Lost Colony . Doubleday. 1964.
He had also worked on
Parole, Inc. (1948), a
film noir , as a dialog director.
Stories
References
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