Harold L. Goodwin
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Harold Leland Goodwin(November 20, 1914 – February 18, 1990) was an American writer.
Biography and writing career
[edit]Known to his friends asHal Goodwin,Goodwin wrotepopular sciencebooks, mostly aboutspace exploration,asHarold L. Goodwin,"Hal Goodwin" and "Harold Leland Goodwin". He also wrotechildren's booksasBlake Savage(Rip Foster Rides the Gray Planet) andJohn Blaine(theRick Brantseries).[1]In the latter case, he co-wrote (with Peter J. Harkins) the first three books in the series and wrote books 4 through 24 by himself.
In 1947, he wroteThe Feathered Cape,a boy's adventure novel set in Hawaii. It was based on events leading up to theBattle of the Nu'uanu Valley(1795) in the war for Hawaiian unification.
He had three sons from two different marriages; Alan, Chris and Derek.[2]He died from cardiac arrest.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^"Spindrift Island".April 15, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon April 15, 2009.RetrievedJanuary 28,2019.
- ^"The Flying Stingaree" is dedicated "To my sons, Chris and Derek, who have watched the stingarees from the sun deck of the cruising houseboatSpindrift".
- ^Ap (February 23, 1990)."Harold Leland Goodwin, Author, 75".The New York Times.RetrievedJanuary 28,2019.
- ^J.Y. Smith (February 21, 1990)."SCIENCE AUTHOR HAROLD GOODWIN DIES AT AGE 75".The Washington Post.Washington, D.C.ISSN0190-8286.OCLC1330888409.
External links
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- Works by John BlaineatProject Gutenberg
- Works by Harold Leland GoodwinatProject Gutenberg
- Works by or about Harold L. Goodwinat theInternet Archive
- Works by Harold L. GoodwinatLibriVox(public domain audiobooks)
- Harold L. Goodwinat theInternet Speculative Fiction Database
- Interview with Goodwin
- Harold L. GoodwinatLibrary of Congress,with 14 library catalog records (under 'Goodwin, Harold L. (Harold Leland), 1914–' without '1990', previous page of browse report)
- John Blaineat LC Authorities, with 23 records, andat WorldCat– joint pseudonym "later used solely by Harold Leland Goodwin"
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