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Delos Wheeler Lovelace | |
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Died | 17 January 1967 | (aged 72)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Novelist |
Spouse | Maud Hart Lovelace |
Children | Merian Lovelace |
Delos Wheeler Lovelace (December 2, 1894 – January 17, 1967) [1] was an American novelist who authored the original novelization of the film King Kong ( 1933) published in 1932 by Grosset & Dunlap, slightly before the film was released. The story was also serialized in 2 parts in February and March 1933 by Walter Ripperger (credited to Edgar Wallace) for Mystery magazine. [2] Lovelace was a reporter for the New York Daily News and New York Sun in the 1920s.
He authored some two dozen books, including a biography of football coach Knute Rockne and one of Dwight D. Eisenhower. He co-authored three books with his wife.
He was the husband of Maud Hart Lovelace, author of the Betsy-Tacy books for young readers; they had one daughter, Merian (January 18, 1931 — September 25, 1997).
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Delos Wheeler Lovelace | |
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Born | |
Died | 17 January 1967 | (aged 72)
Nationality | American |
Occupation | Novelist |
Spouse | Maud Hart Lovelace |
Children | Merian Lovelace |
Delos Wheeler Lovelace (December 2, 1894 – January 17, 1967) [1] was an American novelist who authored the original novelization of the film King Kong ( 1933) published in 1932 by Grosset & Dunlap, slightly before the film was released. The story was also serialized in 2 parts in February and March 1933 by Walter Ripperger (credited to Edgar Wallace) for Mystery magazine. [2] Lovelace was a reporter for the New York Daily News and New York Sun in the 1920s.
He authored some two dozen books, including a biography of football coach Knute Rockne and one of Dwight D. Eisenhower. He co-authored three books with his wife.
He was the husband of Maud Hart Lovelace, author of the Betsy-Tacy books for young readers; they had one daughter, Merian (January 18, 1931 — September 25, 1997).
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