LC control no. | n 90664698 |
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LC classification | PS3507.E5777 |
Personal name heading | Dent, Lester, 1904-1959 |
See also | For works of this author written under another name, search also under: Robeson, Kenneth Robeson, Kenneth |
Found in | Bigger than life, c1990: p. 1 (Lester Dent) p. 2, etc. (b. 1904, d. Feb.15, 1959) LC data base, 7/2/90 (hdg.: Dent, Lester, 1904-1959) Lester Dent, 1994: p. 27, etc. (Kenneth Robeson, penname of Lester Dent) Contemp. authors online, July 25, 2002 (Lester Dent; b. Oct. 12, 1904 or 1905 in La Plata, MO; d. following a heart attack March 11, 1959; creator of Doc Savage adventure tales and one of several writers to contribute to the series under the house pseudonym Kenneth Robeson; author of nearly 200 stories and novels about the hero; several other novels published under his own name) Wikipedia, Jun. 2, 2010 (Lester Dent; b. La Plata, Mo. Oct. 12, 1904; b. March 11, 1959; a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories, best known as the main author of the series of stories about the superhuman scientist and adventurer, Doc Savage. The 159 novels written over 16 years were credited to the house name Kenneth Robeson; m. Norma Gerling August 9, 1925.) |