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| − | '''Talbot Mundy''' (born '''William Lancaster Gribbon'''), an [[English]]-born writer of adventure fiction, immigrated to the [[United States]] in 1909, escaping the law after a career as a confidence man and ivory poacher in India and [[British]] Africa | + | '''Talbot Mundy''' (born '''William Lancaster Gribbon'''), an [[English]]-born writer of adventure fiction, immigrated to the [[United States]] in 1909, escaping the law after a career as a confidence man and ivory poacher in India and [[British]] Africa. |
| − | There, he began writing for the [[pulps]]. He is best known as the author of ''The Nine Unknown, King — of the Khyber Rifles'' and the Jimgrim series of stories. | + | There, he began writing for the [[pulps]]. He is best known as the author of ''The Nine Unknown, King — of the Khyber Rifles'' and the Jimgrim series of stories. He also wrote under the [[pseudonym]] '''Walter Galt'''. |
During the Great Depression, he wrote scripts for the popular ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy'', radio series. | During the Great Depression, he wrote scripts for the popular ''Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy'', radio series. | ||
Revision as of 04:32, 24 February 2021
(April 23, 1879 – August 5, 1940)
Talbot Mundy (born William Lancaster Gribbon), an English-born writer of adventure fiction, immigrated to the United States in 1909, escaping the law after a career as a confidence man and ivory poacher in India and British Africa.
There, he began writing for the pulps. He is best known as the author of The Nine Unknown, King — of the Khyber Rifles and the Jimgrim series of stories. He also wrote under the pseudonym Walter Galt.
During the Great Depression, he wrote scripts for the popular Jack Armstrong, the All-American Boy, radio series.
Mundy was married five times, he was involved with both Christian Science and Theosophy, and seems to have led a life nearly as adventurous as his characters’. A biography, Talbot Mundy, Philosopher of Adventure by Brian Taves, was published in October 2005 (McFarland).
Entry in The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction.
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