Young, Gordon, 1886-1948

Young was born on Sept. 27, 1886 in Ray County, MO; educated in Colorado; came to Los Angeles in 1913 after stints in journalism and writing in Chicago and San Francisco; worked as literary editor of the LA times before leaving to write full time; published over forty novels, including the Red Clark adventure books; individual titles include Savages (1921), Wild blood (1922), Hurricane Williams (1923), Days of '49 (1925), The Devil's passport (1933), Red Clark of the Arrowhead (1935), Huroc the avenger (1937), and Quarter horse (1947); he died on Feb. 10, 1948 in LA.

From the description of Papers, 1925-1945. (University of California, Los Angeles). WorldCat record id: 40738238

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