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Our Man Elsewhere: The Life and Writings of Alan Moorehead
In the 30 years between 1936 and 1966 Moorehead forged a writing career that began as a reporter and quickly moved to world renown as a war correspondent, travel writer, early proponent of protecting the environment and best-selling author of popular histories.
Alan Moorehead at the Movies
While Moorehead’s writing “inspired” several film projects, the only feature film adaptation of his work was made from the novel The Rage of the Vulture. Titled Thunder in the East, it starred Alan Ladd, Deborah Kerr and Charles Boyer.
Alan Moorhead: A Checklist
A completest will find Moorehead’s books a daunting challenge.
P. C. Wren’s Beau and His Other Gestes
Something of a mysterious figure, P. C. Wren wrote the most famous novel of the French Foreign Legion without having served in it himself. Or did he? No matter whether he did or not, Beau Geste is one of the greatest adventure novels ever written.
P. C. Wren’s Geste Books
Beau Geste was an international best-seller. Today, first editions in any kind of dust wrapper are truly rare, and the sequels featuring characters from Beau Geste can be elusive. The American firsts are findable, but hardly inexpensive.
P. C. Wren on Film
Beau Geste has been filmed several times. We look at the movie adaptations of that book and the other Geste novels, including Beau Sabreur and Beau Ideal. We even include a couple of parodies, most notably the delightful Beau Hunks with Laurel and Hardy.
Editor’s Letter
Calendar Reports
Antiquarian Notes
Books about books.