I’ve been posting short stories by the authors whose biographies i’ve been posting here, so that you can sample their work and decide if you want to read more of their work. Today, i have for you a short story, Pecos the Peeler, by B.M. Bower. This appeared in Tom Watson’s Magazine in August 1905,… Continue reading Pecos the Peeler – short story by B.M. Bower
Category: Pulp Magazines
Arthur S. Hoffman – A biography of the editor of Adventure magazine
He was born on 28 September 1876, the son of Judge Ripley C. Hoffman and Mary Eliza Sullivant, in Columbus, Ohio. He was the only child of his father’s second marriage. He attended school in Columbus, graduating from the Columbus high school and went on to get his BA from Ohio State University in 1897.… Continue reading Arthur S. Hoffman – A biography of the editor of Adventure magazine
Marion Polk Angellotti
Marion Polk Angellotti was born on Nov 12, 1887, in either Irvington or San Rafael, California. She was the daughter of Frank Marion Angellotti and Emma Cornelia Angellotti (Clearey). Frank M. Angellotti was a chief justice of the supreme court of California from 1915–1921. She had an older sister, Frances Louise, who died in infancy.… Continue reading Marion Polk Angellotti
Interview with Arthur O. Friel
[To keep folks happy while i come up with the promised articles, here’s the contents of an interesting interview with Arthur O. Friel shortly after his trip up the Orinoco. Some interesting photographs in there.] Arthur O. Friel tells of Ferocious tribes in South American Jungles By Charles Samuels THOSE big, strong he-men who, following… Continue reading Interview with Arthur O. Friel
Arthur O. Friel
Arthur O(lney) Friel was born on 31 May 1885 in Detroit, Michigan, the son of George William Friel and Lucy L. Friel (Thompson). He was the Honor roll from 1896–1897 at the Gossville school and at the New Orchard Road School in 1899. At that time he was staying with his Uncle Joseph and Aunt… Continue reading Arthur O. Friel