Ernest K. Gann

(1910-1991) born in Lincoln. Pilot, painter, author of adventure novels and short stories, a dozen of his best-known books were made into movies, including "The High and The Mighty" and "Soldier of Fortune" and "Masada", the latter an ABC-TV series based on "The Antagonists"; recipient of several awards. Consult Contemporary Authors-New Revision Series, Vol 1 (Gale, 1981) 218 and New York Times obituary, December 21, 1991, p. 26 and Scribner Encyclopedia of American Lives, Vol 3 (2001) 201-202.

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