Detzer, Karl, 1891-1987

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Dates:
Birth 1891-09-04
Death 1987-04-28

Biographical notes:

Leland, Michigan, journalist and author.

From the description of Karl William Detzer papers, 1916-1981. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34421612

Karl Detzer was born September 4, 1891 in Fort Wayne, Indiana. A journalist and free-lance writer, Detzer began his career working for a Fort Wayne newspaper as a reporter and photographer. Following service in World War I, he came to Chicago where wrote advertising copy. He would leave this to write full-time on his own, writing for various pulp magazines, submitting screenplays to Hollywood studios, eventually working as a roving editor for Reader's Digest . He died April 28, 1987 in Leland, Michigan, where some years earlier he had made his home.

From the guide to the Karl Detzer papers, 1916-1981, (Bentley Historical Library, University of Michigan)

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  • Publishers and publishing
  • Authors, American
  • Authors
  • Cemeteries
  • Ferries
  • Indians of North America
  • Journalists
  • Journalists
  • Motion picture industry
  • Motion picture industry
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Radio broadcasting
  • Television broadcasting
  • Television broadcasting
  • The Reader's Digest

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Places:

  • Beaver Island (Mich.) (as recorded)
  • Frankfort (Mich.) (as recorded)
  • Garden Island (Charlevoix County, Mich.) (as recorded)
  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Leland (Mich.) (as recorded)
  • Mexico (as recorded)
  • Leland (Mich.) (as recorded)
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