Frontier

by Mackinlay Kantor

Overview

MACKINLAY KANTOR - Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Andersonville

BIG as the sweeping plains, the towering mountains, the endless swamps . . .

BIG AS THE FRONTIER
Here are stories of the men and women who tamed the West in the rough and sinewy days that made America great . . . powerful stories packed with courage, humor and history.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940163005598
Publisher:	Speaking Volumes
Publication date:	03/13/2020
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	931 KB

About the Author

MacKinlay Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa, in 1904. He began to write seriously at sixteen, became a newspaper reporter at seventeen, and published his first book at twenty-three. Over the next half-century, he went on to produce more than forty works including novels, short story collections, novels in verse, novellas, histories and children’s books. His best-selling historical novel, Andersonville, won the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. MacKinlay Kantor’s other accomplishments included Hollywood screenwriting, patrolling the streets with the N.Y.P.D., and combat correspondence (RAF and USAF) in two wars, for which he was awarded the Medal of Freedom.