Clyde B. Davis

(1894-1962) born at Unadilla, Otoe County. Journalist and novelist, served as reporter for seven major newspapers, including the Buffalo Times, for which he covered the Lindbergh-Hauptmann trial, published 20 novels written after age 40, including The Anointed which was the basis for the 1945 Hollywood film Adventure, starring Clark Gable and Greer Garson; his novels were published by major publishing houses and reviewed by influential journals. Consult New York Times obituary, July 20, 1962, p. 25 and Dictionary of Literary Biography, Vol 9: American Novelists 1910-1945, Part 1: Adamic-Fisher (Gale, 1981) 184-187 and American National Biography, Vol 6 (1999) 180-181.

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