William Jourdan Rapp (June 17, 1895 - 1942) was a writer and editor in the United States. He wrote plays, [1] novels, and radio scripts. He edited True Story magazine.
Rapp was born in New York City. He graduated from Cornell in 1917 [2] and worked as a health inspector in New York City until World War I. He served in France. After the war he also worked in Turkey. [3]
He kept a scrapbook during his time at a YMCA camp in Greece. He went on to edit the popular True Story magazine and various radio series. In 1925 he wrote a piece in the New York Times about French Royalists. [4]
He wrote with Wallace Thurman, Hughes Allison, and Lowell Brentano. [5]
He married actress Virginia Venable Rapp and had a son and daughter. [6]
William Jourdan Rapp (June 17, 1895 - 1942) was a writer and editor in the United States. He wrote plays, [1] novels, and radio scripts. He edited True Story magazine.
Rapp was born in New York City. He graduated from Cornell in 1917 [2] and worked as a health inspector in New York City until World War I. He served in France. After the war he also worked in Turkey. [3]
He kept a scrapbook during his time at a YMCA camp in Greece. He went on to edit the popular True Story magazine and various radio series. In 1925 he wrote a piece in the New York Times about French Royalists. [4]
He wrote with Wallace Thurman, Hughes Allison, and Lowell Brentano. [5]
He married actress Virginia Venable Rapp and had a son and daughter. [6]