Brandon, William, 1914-2002

William A. Brandon was an alumni of Southern Illinois University at Carbondale.

William Edward Brandon was born on Sept. 21, 1914 in Kokomo, IN; attended public schools in IN and NM; visiting professor at the Univ. of Massachusetts (1966-67), California State University, Los Angeles (1970-71), and California State University, Long Beach (1970-71, 1974-75); author of The dangerous dead (1943), The men and the mountain (1955), The American Heritage book of Indians (1961), The magic world (1971), and The last Americans (1971); moved to France, translating works from French, Latin and Greek; author of two screenplays and of several hundred stories, anthologized in many collections.

Brandon is an author and historian of the American Indian and the American West.

Biography

William Edward Brandon was born on September 21, 1914 in Kokomo, Indiana; attended public schools in Indiana and New Mexico; visiting professor at the University of Massachusetts (1966-67), California State University, Los Angeles (1970-71), and California State University, Long Beach (1970-71, 1974-75); author of The dangerous dead (1943), The men and the mountain (1955), The American Heritage book of Indians (1961), The magic world (1971), and The last Americans (1971); moved to France, translating works from French, Latin and Greek; author of two screenplays and of several hundred stories, anthologized in many collections.