Theodore Pratt Collection
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Turkey Shoot
Type: Text
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: URKhY A 1 ze ble orow SHOOT had gathered in the. comer of' the f1ald., on one aide of the Florida Cracker village, wher was being hel . Th. shooting line of the r ns, a out which th oro d press d closely, 1/ n'rough woo en aa ~ rred by a wire strung on 1 …
One Thing To Do
Type: Text
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: A short- story: ONE THING TO DO By THEODORE PRATT Second serjal rightA. First published, 1935, in ESQUIRE ; reworked in novel , BI G BLOW , 1936 , end play of same na.me , 1938 . Novel isaued in 1950 in paperback by Avon . Shortstory to be lnc111ed in new …
Tropical Disturbance
Type: Mixed Material
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Book cover
Full Text: FAWCETT WORLD LIBRARY -I :a .,, -~ -en :a ,..mz 0 r- ~ -I C and the Her name was Jane, but she was no lady-she was a cataclysm of rising tides, cruel blasting winds, and interminable driving rains. And she rocked Coquina Beach in a nightmare of limitless …
A Circuit Summer Stock Company in Maine
Type: Text
Year: 1929, 1929
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Article printed in The New York Sun
Full Text: ;~ A CIRCUIT SUMMERBy STOCK COMPANY IN MAINE THEODORE PRATT O l LD-TIME actors are fond of rP-· th LI calling e old days of troui::ing. pointing out lhat the real - trouper no longer exists and th1" • 't present generation of actors 1sn demand-and …
Red and Yellow--Kill a Fellow
Type: Text
Year: 1955, 1955
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: A short-story: RED AND YELLOW -KILL A FELLOW By THEODORE PRATT 4700 wofds. First North American Serial Rights Only. Theodore Pratt Route 1, Box 801 Delray Beach, Florida A abort story -- RED AND YELLOW -- r KILL A FELLOW By THEODORE PRATT The morning the …
Glamor Authors Have No Copyright On The New Good Writing in America
Type: Text
Year: 1961, 1961
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: I F~r Anniversary issue o . 3. Theodore Pratt Route 1,Bcx 818 D lray Beech, Florida of VARI ' TY . / By hecdcr Pratt Harv y Swados, author and prof seer at San Frnaciscc State College, mads an int resting pd~nt in a r cent "Saturday Rev1awtt article in r …
Notes on the Barefoot Mailman
Type: Text
Year: 1966, 1966
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Article from the Florida Historical Quarterly
Full Text: NOTES ON THE BAREFOOT MAILMAN* by THEODORE PRATT 1 NOTES ON THE BAREFOOT MAILMAN* by THEODORE PRATT T HE THREE QUESTIONS most asked of me about the barefoot mailman are these: vVas he real or did you just make him up? Why did he walk barefoot? How much …
Red Flash!
Type: Text
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: Idea for an article: RED FLASH! By THEODORE PRATT Alternate titlew: SKY WATCH RAY 30 A color spread is suggested for illustration, with the a t1thor, one of the spotters of the Observation Post described, on hand to assist. Address: Miss Virginia Rice 175 …
Tenth Reunion
Type: Text
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: TENrH By 1400 words. First North American Serial Rights Only REUNION THEODORE PRATI Theodore Pratt Route 1, Box 818 Delray Beach, Florida TENTH By REUNION THEODORE PRATI' The ride through the night with the enthusiastic fraternity brother who can spare …
The Perilous Voyage
Type: Text
Year: 1963, 1963
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: THE PERILOUS VOYAGE By THEODORE PRATT 3.500 words . First North American Serial Rights Only . THE PERILOUS VOYAGE By •xHEODORE PRNf'l' Thy ay that memox-y dos not begin until much later than I can remember from the very b ginning of my existence . mine …
The Incredible History of an Author's Relations with Many Book Publishers
Type: Text
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: 'XHE IllCREDIBLE HISTORY OF AN AUTHOtl 1 S REL/1TIONS WITH MANY BOOK PUBLISHERS 'l~e author of th1 s article is a well-known novelist, He doos not sign his nn.me for obvious rensons which he further ex~l~ins 1n his test. I doubt 11' enyc1le • epBr't fron1 …
Grand Motel
Type: Text
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: An original screen story idea: GRAND MOTEL By THEODORE PRATT An original screen story idea: GRAND MOTEL By THEODORE PRATT 1 ... c. t 1 I L ..... propitl to ot -- ot _.,. ·x HI• .. ur -- 1• :'; i "'· rt • ll-11 ,.._ JOYC.U ~n er. • ·l- •- b • 1%' ,. 85 tin …
Goodbye, Europe
Type: Text
Year: 1965, 1965
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: GOODBYE, EUROPE By THEODORE PRATT 2100 words. First N6rth hAmerican Serial Rights Only. Theodore Pratt Route 1, Box 801 Delray Beach, Florida 33444 GOODBYE, EUROPE By THEODORE PRATT Around a million and a half Americans went to Europe in the 1966 summer, …
Regional Writing
Type: Text
Year: 1950, 1950
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Description: Article printed in Writers' Markets & Methods. (Note printing error: Pratt was born in 1901 not 1911) more
Full Text: Regional Writing Follows the rules of writing in general An l11tn·view ll' itli THEODORE PRATT lly CAllOI. VERONICA IIIRD has paid off for R Theodorewriting Pratt in more ways EGIO NAL than one. He used the State of Florida as his literary sprin gboard, …
Quick Bucks
Type: Text
Member of: Theodore Pratt Collection
Contributors: Pratt, Theodore, 1901-1969
Publisher: Florida Atlantic University Digital Library
Full Text: • QUICK BUCKS , Sur·e I •11 talk tc you., Mister, but what I talk a.b out depends on w ,at you want to know. This place is too close to t~-e biJJd factory down the road :for me not to be in on a lot of stuff abo 1t the planes they make there. supposed to …