Description
The epic tale of a major inter-war novelist whose work was lauded by the literary establishment of the 1930s - but overshadowed by his biggest hit. As a 10-year-old working in a Leeds knacker's yard, Eric Knight had a dream. Emigrating to the USA, he reinvented himself as artist, newspaper reporter, film critic and best-selling novelist. His books were praised by Ernest Hemingway and H L Mencken, and turned into Hollywood movies.
An infantryman in the First World War, he served again in the Second - in espionage, propaganda and intelligence. Amond his confidants were O.S.S chief 'Wild Bill' Donovan, UK ambassador Lord Halifax and President Roosevelt. In 1943, on a secret mission to meet Churchill and FDR in North Africa, his plane was blown up, killing all on board. And what is this extraordinary man remembered for? A little pot-boiler he sold for $10,000: 'Lassie, Come-Home.'
Author: Greg Christie
Publisher: Ouen Press
Published: 05/14/2018
Pages: 224
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.67lbs
Size: 9.02h x 5.98w x 0.47d
ISBN13: 9780995629981
ISBN10: 0995629986
BISAC Categories:
- Biography & Autobiography | Literary Figures
About the Author
Greg Christie's research into the life of Eric Knight took him on an incredible journey of discovery - to Yale University, upper New York state, rural New Mexico and California. It unravelled a web of contacts from Walt Disney to Ian Fleming and Sir Stafford Cripps. It took twenty years, during which he lost his sight, but finally Christie pieced together this extraordinary tale of a man erased from the history books - possibly by design.
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