Detzer, Karl, 1891-1987
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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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- Authors, American
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- Indians of North America
- Journalists
- Journalists
- Motion picture industry
- Motion picture industry
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- Television broadcasting
- The Reader's Digest
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- 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)