George Pattullo (writer) explained

Death Date:1967
Birth Date:October 9, 1879

George Pattullo (October 9, 1879 – 1967) was a Canadian journalist and author who wrote articles and stories for various publications including the Saturday Evening Post, McClure's Magazine, American Magazine, and Popular Magazine.[1] [2] He also served as a World War I correspondent,[3] and wrote several novels. One of his stories was the basis for the film Gasoline Gus (1921 film). He was the first to report the wartime heroism of Alvin C. York.[4] He was an editor at the Boston Herald. He wrote stories and novels about the American West after traveling it with photographer Erwin Smith during the summers of 1908 - 1910.

Born in Woodstock, Ontario, to George Robson Pattullo and Mary (Rounds) Pattullo[5] he had Scottish ancestry.[6] He attended Woodstock Collegiate Institute and the University of Toronto,[7] then worked at newspapers in Montreal, London, and Boston.[5]

He married Lucile Wilson, daughter of Dallas businessman J. B. Wilson. He died July 29, 1967, in New York City and is buried at Hillcrest Mausoleum in Dallas.[5]

The George C. Marshall Foundation library has notes from an interview with Pattullo May 8, 1959.[8]

Bibliography

Notes and References

  1. Web site: George Pattullo . The Saturday Evening Post.
  2. Book: Drewry. John Eldridge. Some Magazines and Magazine Makers. Stratford Company. 1924. Boston, Massachusetts. 161–162. en. 747806.
  3. Book: Dubbs. Chris. American Journalists in the Great War: Rewriting the Rules of Reporting. 2017. U of Nebraska Press. 978-1-4962-0017-4. en. Immediately after the armistice, Pattulloo wrote an article about Medal of Honor recipient Alvin York that enshrined York as one of the most famous American soldiers of the war..
  4. Web site: "The Second Elder Gives Battle," magazine article by George Pattullo. teva.contentdm.oclc.org.
  5. Web site: PATTULLO, GEORGE R.. June 15, 2010. tshaonline.org.
  6. Book: A Literary History of the American West. Western Literature. Association (U.S.). Western Literature Association. Staff. February 23, 1987. TCU Press. 9780875650210. Google Books.
  7. Web site: George R. Pattullo (May 16, 1911) | Willa Cather Archive. cather.unl.edu.
  8. Web site: George Patullo Interview Notes May 8, 1959 - Library. www.marshallfoundation.org.
  9. Web site: Gee, this is great, she gurgled. Library of Congress.
  10. Web site: We were all so taken aback --. Library of Congress.
  11. Book: Fightin' sons-of-guns. 1917.
  12. 43462546. Gross. Sarah Chokla. Reviewed work: A GOOD ROOSTER CROWS EVERYWHERE, George Pattullo, George R. Depew. Southwest Review. 1940. 25. 2. 235–237.