Curt Gentry
American writer (1931–2014)
Curtis Marsena "Curt" Gentry (June 13, 1931 – July 10, 2014) was an American writer , born in Lamar, Colorado .
He is best known for co-authoring, with Vincent Bugliosi , the 1974 book Helter Skelter , which detailed the Charles Manson murders. Gentry lived in San Francisco , California .
Gentry died, aged 83, on July 10, 2014, in San Francisco. [1]
Awards and nominations
Frame-Up was a nominee for the 1968 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book.
Helter Skelter won a 1975 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book. [2]
J. Edgar Hoover won the 1992 PEN Center West Literary Award for Non-Fiction.
Select works
- The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California , Putnam, 1968 (novel)
- J. Edgar Hoover : The Man and the Secrets , W. W. Norton , 1991, ISBN 978-0393024043 [3]
- The Madams of San Francisco: An Irreverent History of the City by the Golden Gate , Doubleday and Company , 1964, paperback reprint 1971
- The Killer Mountains: A Search for the Legendary Lost Dutchman Mine , World Publishing Company (1969)
- Helter Skelter: The True Story Of The Manson Murders (with Vincent Bugliosi )
- Frame-up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings , W. W. Norton, 1967
- The Dolphin Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area
- Jade: Stone of Heaven (with Richard Gump)
- John M. Browning : American Gunmaker (with J. Browning)
- The Vulnerable Americans
- A Kind of Loving , with Toni Lee Scott (autobiography), World Publishing Company (1970)
- Operation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story for the First Time (with Francis Gary Powers ) Holt, Rinehart and Winston (1971) ISBN 978-0340148235
- Second in Command: The Uncensored Account of the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo (with Edward R. Murphy )
References
- ↑ Carl Nolte (19 July 2014). "Curt Gentry dies: best-selling writer of Manson, Hoover books" . SFGate . Retrieved 2014-07-22 .
- ↑ "Category List – Best Fact Crime | Edgars Database" .
- ↑ Johnston, David (September 9, 1991). "Hoover: Still a Shadow Not to Be Stepped On" . The New York Times . Retrieved 16 July 2010 .
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