MacKinlay Kantor manuscripts, 1927-1932.

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MacKinlay Kantor manuscripts, 1927-1932.

Typed manuscripts of three of Kantor's novels: Diversey (written in Webster City, 1927), El Goes South (written in Boone and Des Moines, 1929-1930), and The Jaybird (written in Des Moines, 1930-1931).

ca. 345 pages in one folder

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Kantor, MacKinlay, 1904-1977

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Novelist from Iowa. From the description of Letters, 1934-1973. (University of Iowa Libraries). WorldCat record id: 233121203 Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa. His first of more than thirty novels, Diversey, was about Chicago gangsters. Many of the later novels were based on the Civil War, including Andersonville, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1956. From the description of MacKinlay Kantor manuscripts, 1927-1932. (State Historical Society of...