David A. Dixon papers, 1958?-1992.

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David A. Dixon papers, 1958?-1992.

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Chiefly typed television and film scripts and proposals for radio or television projects including: photocopy of the manuscript, "The Red Kunai Bends," by Lt. Col. Wallace B. Stanford, Jr., which is a documentary story of the campaign for Guadalcanal during World War II; adaptation by Dixon of Jack London's story, "Jerry of the Islands," set in the Soloman Islands in 1905; four versions of a script titled "Sea of Fire," a drama set at sea and onshore near Santa Barbara, Calif.; "Two Little Savages," which Dixon adapted from a work of the same name by Ernest Thompson Seton; proposals for "The Fledglings," a projected television documentary about U.S. aviation during World War I; proposal for a television series, "Wagon Trains," which describes the struggles of 19th century overland emigrants; and a cover sheet for "Off The Top Of Our Head," a script by Dixon which is set, in part, at the National Championship Air Races, Reno, Nev.

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Dixon, David A., 1927-1966

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Television, radio and motion picture script writer and aviator; resident of Reno, Nev. From the description of David A. Dixon papers, 1958?-1992. (Nevada State Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 154690891 ...

National Championship Air Races.

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London, Jack, 1876-1916

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Jack London was born in San Francisco January 12, 1876. He led an adventurous life, only beginning his career as an author in the 1890s. He wrote short stories, serials, essays, articles, verse and novels. He died November 22, 1916 in Sonoma County, CA. From the description of Jack London papers, 1897-1916. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122387554 American novelist and short story writer. From the description of Chronometer method [navigational documents] [1907?]...

Stanford, Wallace B.

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Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946

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Ernest Thompson Seton was an American writer, naturalist and outdoorsman. From the description of Ernest Thompson Seton collection. [1931]. (University of Victoria Libraries). WorldCat record id: 676777117 Naturalist Ernest Thompson Seton was born Ernest Evan Thompson in northeast England, and raised in Canada; he changed his name at the age of sixteen to distance himself from his father. He apprenticed with a portrait artist, and spent a year in England studying at the Roya...