Laurence Bradford Dakin

Laurence Bradford Dakin (1904–1972) was a Nova Scotian author and poet who lived throughout Europe, eventually moving to Laguna Hills, California where he died.^[1] His best known work was Marco Polo (1946), which reported sold over 30, 000 copies in the United States and was hailed by John Mansfield as the “work of a genius.”^[2] Dakin was published by Obelisk Press. His wife was water colour painter Ilene Dakin (née Stitchbury).

References

1. At the sign of the hand and pen, p. 42
2. Nova Scotians at home and abroad: biographical sketches of over six hundred native born Nova Scotians, p. 128