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Manly Wade Wellman

Manly Wade Wellman was an American novelist, writer and screenwriter (1903–1986). He was born at Portuguese Angola and died at Chapel Hill.

Also recorded as Manly W. Wellman; Manly Wellman.

Manly Wade Wellman in brief

Born
1903
Died
1986
Known for
novelist, writer and screenwriter
Place of birth
Portuguese Angola
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Identity and origins

He also worked under the names Levi Crow, Gans T. Field and Hampton Wells. The authorities additionally record the headings Manly W. Wellman and Manly Wellman. His recorded language was American English.

He married Frances Garfield. One child is recorded: Wade Wellman.

Recognition and collections

Manly Wade Wellman received Edgar Awards, Phoenix Award, World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement, North Carolina Award for Literature and World Fantasy Award for Best Collection.

Catalogued works

72 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service and Open Library.

The Best Stories of Unknown. Tales of the Occult. Lonely Vigils. Sherlock Holmes's War of the Worlds. What Dreams May Come. Who Fears the Devil? Worse Things Waiting. The Terrible Parchment. Nine Yards of Other Cloth. Venus Enslaved. After Dark. Twice in Time. A Double Life. Find My Killer. The Sleuth Patrol. The Mystery of Lost Valley. The Solar Invasion. The School of Darkness. The Old Gods Waken. The Lost and the Lurking. The Hanging Stones. The Voice of the Mountain. Sojarr of Titan. The Beasts from Beyond. The Last Mammoth. Giants from Eternity. The Dark Destroyers. The Beyonders. The Raiders of Beaver Lake. The Haunts of Drowning Creek. Wild Dogs of Drowning Creek. Rebel Mail Runner. Flag on the Levee. Fort Sun Dance. To Unknown Lands. Young Squire Morgan. Lights Over Skeleton Ridge. Candle of the Wicked. Third String Center. Battle for King's Mountain. Comet. Harpers, Ferry, prize of war. Brave Horse The Story of Janus. Ride Rebels. Invading Asteroid and Fearful Rock. Hairy Ones Shall Dance. Devil's Asteroid. Hok the Mighty. Complete John the Ballader, Volume Two. John the Balladeer. Lost and Lurking by Manly Wade Wellman (1981-11-03). Not All a Dream. Hanging Stones. Gray riders. The master of Scare Hollow. mystery at bear paw gap. Jamestown Adventure. The South Fork Rangers. Gray Riders-Jeb Stuart and His Men. The ghost battalion;. Clash on the Catawba. Flag on the levee;. The specter of Bear Paw Gap. Fast break five. Timeless Tomorrow. Fastest on the river;. Magia de Thule. Giant in Gray A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. Brave Horse. Rebel Boast. The great riverboat race. Battle at Bear Paw Gap.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. By <i>Manly Wade Wellman</i>. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1949. Pp. xv, 387. $5.00.), The American Historical Review, 1950.

Digitised editions and texts

19 digitised items associated with this heading are catalogued by Internet Archive and Project Gutenberg.

Brave Horse The Story of Janus (1968) — Internet Archive. The specter of Bear Paw Gap (1966) — Internet Archive. Warrior of Two Worlds (2021) — Internet Archive. Clash on the Catawba (1962) — Internet Archive. The raiders of Beaver Lake (1950) — Internet Archive. Bratton's Idea (2023) — Internet Archive. Devil's Planet — Internet Archive. The Hairy Ones Shall Dance (2024) — Internet Archive. Jamestown Adventure (1967) — Internet Archive. mystery at bear paw gap (1965) — Internet Archive. Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina (2011) — Internet Archive. Ismail, the Outworlder — Internet Archive. The Devil's Asteroid — Project Gutenberg. The black drama — Project Gutenberg. Fearful Rock — Project Gutenberg. Venus Enslaved — Project Gutenberg. The Golgotha Dancers — Project Gutenberg. Half Around Pluto — Project Gutenberg. The invading asteroid — Project Gutenberg.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 12 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 3 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 3 means 3 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Manly Wade Wellman studied at Columbia University, Columbia Law School and Wichita State University. the recorded working language is American English.

Subjects and genres recorded for the work are horror.

Distinctions recorded are Edgar Awards, Phoenix Award, World Fantasy Award for Life Achievement and North Carolina Award for Literature.

Chronology

  1. 1903Manly Wade Wellman born at Portuguese Angola.
  2. 1950The raiders of Beaver Lake digitised by Internet Archive.
  3. 1957Fastest on the river;: The great race between the "Natchez" and the "Robert E. Lee" digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1958The ghost battalion;: A story of the Iron Scouts digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1962Clash on the Catawba digitised by Internet Archive.
  6. 1962not at these hands digitised by Internet Archive.
  7. 1966The specter of Bear Paw Gap digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1967Jamestown Adventure digitised by Internet Archive.
  9. 1968Brave Horse The Story of Janus digitised by Internet Archive.
  10. 1986Manly Wade Wellman died at Chapel Hill.
  11. 2021Warrior of Two Worlds digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 2023Bratton's Idea digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Giant in Gray: A Biography of Wade Hampton of South Carolina. By <i>Manly Wade Wellman</i>. (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons. 1949. Pp. xv, 387. $5.00.), The American Historical Review, 1950

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Open Library author record for Manly Wade Wellman (Internet Archive), 45 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  3. 3.

    Internet Archive, 38 digitised items catalogued under Manly Wade Wellman as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  4. 4.

    Project Gutenberg holds 11 full texts attributed to Manly Wade Wellman.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  5. 5.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q1981210: Manly Wade Wellman

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  6. 6.

    “Manly Wade Wellman”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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