1854775

MacKinlay Kantor "Lobo" Signed by Author SKU #1854775

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MacKinlay Kantor  Lobo  Signed by Author SKU #1854775
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"There is something dogs can offer to men. Philosophers have tried to evaluate this gift; it eludes forever, yet it is there, heartening beyond identification, beyond price."
FIRST EDITION
Copyright 1957, the book is signed by the author on inside front cover. The dust cover is intact and the pages are in very good condition there is some discoloration on the front and back inside covers.


MacKinlay Kantor (February 4, 1904?October 11, 1977) was an American novelist and screenwriter who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his novel Andersonville.

Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa. He published his first poem at the age of 17, and at 18 he won a state story writing contest. His first novel, Diversey, was about Chicago gangsters and was written in 1928, when the subject matter was contemporary. In the 1930s, Kantor first wrote about the American Civil War with his novel Long Remember. Kantor had spoken with Civil War veterans when he was young, and he was an avid collector of first-hand narratives. Long Remember is one of the first realistic novels about the Civil War.

In 1945, Kantor's long narrative poem "Glory for Me" provided the basis of the Academy Award winning film The Best Years of Our Lives.

In 1955, Kantor wrote the grimly realistic and harrowing Andersonville, a novel about the infamous Confederate prisoner of war camp in the Civil War.

He wrote over 30 novels in his lifetime, and he returned to the theme of the Civil War frequently, including ...
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<tr><td>Condition:good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:1957</td></tr>






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<tr><td>Location:Fort Lauderdale, Florida</td></tr>
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