Ferguson, Otis, 1907-1943

Otis Ferguson was born in Worcester, MA, Aug. 14, 1907; joined the Navy at the age of 17 and served four years; he graduated from Clark Univ. (1933), where he was senior class poet and editor of the yearbook; Ferguson was hired at The New Republic where he eventually became an asst. editor; he reviewed books, films, and sometimes theater (1933-1941); in 1936 he started writing about music, particularly big swing bands and loaned his title to Dorothy Bakers novel, Young man with a horn; he was sent to Hollywood to write a series of articles about the movies and is best remembered as a film critic; soon after Pearl Harbor, he joined the Merchant Marines and was killed during the war, ca. 1943.

From the description of Papers ca. 1931-1986. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 320039377

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