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MacKinlay Kantor

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born

February 04, 1904 in Webster City, Iowa, The United States

died

October 11, 1977

gender

male

genre

Literature & Fiction, Young Adult, Biographies & Memoirs

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Benjamin McKinlay Kantor, was an American journalist, novelist and screenwriter. He wrote more than 30 novels, several set during the American Civil War, and was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1956 for his 1955 novel Andersonville

Kantor was born in Webster City, Iowa, in 1904. His mother, a journalist, encouraged Kantor to develop his writing style. Kantor started writing seriously as a teen-ager when he worked as a reporter with his mother at the local newspaper in Webster City.

Kantor's first novel was published when he was 24.

During World War II, Kantor reported from London as a war correspondent for a Los Angeles newspaper. After flying on several bombing missions, he asked for and received training to operate the bomber's t...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 2,241 ratings · 144 reviews · 36 distinct works

	Andersonville 4.04 avg rating — 1,969 ratings — published 1955 — 19 editions	My rating:
	If The South Had Won The Civil War by MacKinlay Kantor, Harry Turtledove (Introduction), Dan Nance (Illustrations) 3.42 avg rating — 102 ratings — published 1965 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Gettysburg (Landmark Books) 3.69 avg rating — 26 ratings — published 1952 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Spirit Lake 4.37 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1961 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Lee and Grant at Appomattox (Landmark Books #8) 3.50 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 1950 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Long Remember by MacKinlay Kantor, Jeff Shaara (Introduction), Jeff M. Shaara (Introduction) 3.50 avg rating — 16 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Voice of Bugle Ann 4.23 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1935 — 2 editions	My rating:
	God and My Country 3.88 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1954 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Glory for Me 4.00 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1945	My rating:
	Valley Forge 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1975 — 2 editions	My rating:

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