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American writer Alec Rackowe (1897–1991) was a prolific author of romance and women's fiction who published numerous novels and short stories during the mid-twentieth century, including A Stylish Marriage (1948), ^[1] My Lord America (1950) and All the Millionaires (1967). ^[2] His works, many of which were marketed to female audiences, appeared in the magazines Redbook, ^[3] Collier’s, Woman, Ladies’ Home Journal, ^[4] McCall’s, Maclean's, ^[5] The Saturday Evening Post, ^[6] and Good Housekeeping, among others.

Life

Alexander Daudet Rackowe was born in 1897, the son of Lithuanian playwright Nahum Rakov. ^[7] Rackowe died in 1991 at age 94.

Bibliography

Novels

• A Stylish Marriage (1948)
• My Lord America (1950)
• All the Millionaires (1967)

Short stories

• "Just Johnny Porter" ^[8]
• "Don't Telegraph--Write!" (1936) ^[3]
• "Inoculation" (1942) ^[9]
• "Perfectly Normal" (1944) ^[10]
• "--and a Hank of Hair" (1944) ^[11]
• "I'm the Girl" (1945) ^[12]
• "It Takes Two" (1947) ^[13]
• "A Dog for Paula" (1947) ^[14]
• "A Different Woman" (1948) ^[15]
• "Window at East's" (1949) ^[16]
• "A Place for Children" (1949) ^[17]
• "Take me to Hollywood" (1953, illustrated by Coby Whitmore) ^[6]

Film

• No Time to Marry (1938, credited as "Contract Writer") ^[18]

References