Arthur olney friel biography

Arthur Olney Friel (– 27 January 1959) was one of the most popular writers for the adventure pulps.
(1885-1959) US author and explorer, most of whose work appeared in Pulp magazines, including the McKay, Knowlton and Ryan sequence of Lost.
Arthur O(lney) Friel was born on in Detroit, Michigan, the son of George William Friel and Lucy L. Friel (Thompson).

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Arthur O. Friel

Born

in Detroit, Michigan, The United States

May 31, 1885

Died

January 27, 1959

Genre

Pulp Fiction, Fiction, Adventure

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During much of career Arthur Olney Friel was one of the bestselling writers of pulp fiction in the United States.

Born in Detroit, Michigan,Friel, a 1909 Yale University graduate, had been the South American editor for the Associated Press which provided him with real-world experience. In 1922, he took a six-month trip down Venezuela's Orinoco River and its tributary, the Ventuari River. His travel account was published in 1924 as The River of Seven Stars.

After returning from the Venezuela trip, many of Friel's stories were set in that part of the world. He remained a popular writer of adventure stories throughout the 1920s and 1930s. In the 1930s, his short stories began appearing regularly in the various pulp magazines. His stories were alDuring much of career Arthur Olney Friel was one of the bestselling writers of pulp fiction in the United States.

Born in Detroit, Michigan,Friel, a 1909 Yale Universit

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Entry updated 18 November 2024. Tagged: Author.

(1885-1959) US author and explorer, most of whose work appeared in Pulp magazines, including the McKay, Knowlton and Ryan sequence of Lost Race tales set in South America and featuring the exploits of Americans, who eventually establish a kingdom somewhere close to Peru, their central base being in ancient ruins left by a mysterious white race. Those published as books – The Pathless Trail (10 October-10 November 1921 Adventure; 1922), Tiger River (20 July-20 August 1922 Adventure; 1923), in which men are transformed into beasts by a strange Circean wine, The King of No Man's Land (?20 March-20 April 1924 Adventure; 1924) and Mountains of Mystery (30 January-28 February 1925 Adventure; 1925) – are marginal as sf; but "In the Year 2000" (15 May-15 June 1928 Adventure), a tale featuring the grandson of Knowlton and McKay which never reached book form, is set after a world war in which White men have triumphed. [JC]

Arthur Olney Friel

born Detroit, Michigan: 31 May 1885

died Concord, New Hampshire

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[Wouldn't you know it, just after i finish posting what i found on Arthur O. Friel, i run across some more information on him. I guess updating the older post won't be good, so I'll be posting additional information in new posts and linking back to them from the original article.]

He’s talking about how he broke into the writing business, and how he came to write his first book “King of Kearsarge”

"WHEN I wrote my first 'piece for the printer,' it was a hunting tale. I had entered high school, and somehow the editor of the school magazine heard of me and cajoled me into writing a story. It was published as it stood. So, at the age of fifteen, I had broken into print."

"The next year, in another school (I was in four different high schools before reaching college) I wrote more stories, outdoor tales, all. It became a habit. The climax came when I drifted back to New Hampshire, and, entering the Manchester High School as a senior, was speedily appointed editor-in-chief of a newly-created school magazine."

"The Red Gods of old Kearsarge Mou