Kantor, Mackinlay
Kantor, Mackinlay( 1904–77),Iowa-born author, best known for his novels, which include Long Remember (1934), about the Battle of Gettysburg; The Voice of Bugle Ann (1935), about a foxhound whose master shoots the man suspected of killing her; Arouse and Beware (1936), about Yankees escaping from a Confederate prison; The Romance of Rosy Ridge (1937), a love story of post–Civil War Missouri; The Noise of Their Wings (1938), about plans to reintroduce passenger pigeons to the U.S.; Cuba Libre (1940), about an idealistic Cuban revolutionist; Gentle Annie (1942), set in early 20th-century Oklahoma; Happy Land (1942), the life of a boy killed in World War II; Wicked Water (1949), about early cattle wars; Signal Thirty-Two (1950), about a New York City policeman; Andersonville (1955), dealing with the horrid life in a Confederate prison during the Civil War; Spirit Lake...
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