Kyle Onstott
| Kyle Onstott | |
|---|---|
| Born |
January 12, 1887 Du Quoin, Illinois, United States |
| Died |
June 1, 1966 (aged 79) United States |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Genre | Fiction |
Kyle Onstott (January 12, 1887 in Du Quoin, Illinois – June 1, 1966)[1] was an American novelist, known for his best-selling novel Mandingo (1957), which deals with slavery on an Alabama plantation with the fictional name of Falconhurst in the 1830s. The book was made into a 1961 play[2] and film of the same name, which was released in 1975.[3]
Onstott was originally a dog breeder and judge in regional dog shows, living in California with his widowed mother in the early 1900s. Having collaborated with his adopted son on a book about dog breeding, he decided to write a book that would make him rich. "Utilizing his son's anthropology research on West Africa, he handwrote Mandingo and his son served as editor. Denlinger's, a small Virginia publisher, released it and it became a national sensation."[4] A sequel and a series of other novels followed, mostly written with Lance Horner.
Works
- The New Art of Breeding Better Dogs (with Philip Onstott)
- Mandingo
- The Black Sun
- Child of the Sun
- Falconhurst Fancy
- Flight to Falconhurst
- Master of Falconhurst
- The Tattooed Rood
- Drum
- Strange Harvest (with Ashley Carter)
References
- ↑ Kyle Onstott profile, Good Reads.
- ↑ "Mandingo". Playbill. 1961.
- ↑ "Mandingo". The New York Times.
- ↑ Article by Rudy Maxa, "The Master of Mandingo", The Washington Post, July 13, 1975.