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| '''Garland Roark''' was an American author (July 26, 1904-February 9, 1985) best known for his nautical/adventure fiction. Published in 1946, his first novel ''Wake of the Red Witch'' was a Literary Guild selection and later adapated by ] as a ] starring ]. | |||
| == Works == | |||
| === Nautical/Adventure Fiction === | |||
| * ''Wake of the Red Witch'' (1946). Little, Brown and Company. Novel. | |||
| * ''Fair Wind to Java'' (1948). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''Rainbow in the Royals'' (1950). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''Slant of the Wild Wind'' (1952). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''The Wreck of the Running Gale'' (1953). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''The Diver of the Rebecque'' (1953). Ziff-Davis Publishing Company. Short story published in the Vol. 1, No. 1 Winter issue of THE SEVEN SEAS pulp magazine, pp. 4–27. | |||
| * ''Star in the Rigging'' (1954). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''The Outlawed Banner'' (1956). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''The Lady and the Deep Blue Sea'' (1958). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. (Original manuscript title ''Challenge of the Seas''). | |||
| * ''The Gallant Captain Ross'' (1958). Davis Publications, Inc. Short story published in the Vol. 1, No. 1 October issue of JACK LONDON'S ADVENTURE MAGAZINE, pp. 63–72. | |||
| * ''Tales of the Caribbean'' (1959). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Short story collection. (cf ]'s ]) | |||
| * ''Should the Wind be Fair'' (1960). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''The Witch of Manga Reva'' (1962). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''Bay of Traitors'' (1966). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''Angels in Exile'' (1967). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| === Western Fiction === | |||
| Under the pseudonym George Garland unless otherwise noted: | |||
| *''Doubtful Valley'' (1951). Houghton Mifflin Company. Novel. | |||
| *''The Big Dry'' (1952). Houghton Mifflin Company. Novel. | |||
| *''Mogollon'' (1956). 15-page story published exclusively in newspapers. (e.g. ''The Star Weekly'', Toronto, Canada, July 28, 1956). As Garland Roark. | |||
| *''Apache Warpath'' (1959). New American Library/Signet Books. Novel. | |||
| *''Bugles and Brass'' (1964). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| * ''Hellfire Jackson'' (1966). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Historical Novel. As Garland Roark. Co-written by Charles Thomas. A Western Writers of America, Spur Award winner.<ref name="three">http://www.westernwriters.org/spur_award_history.htm#1966 | |||
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| *''The Eye of the Needle'' (1970). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| *''Slow Wind in the West'' (1973). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel. | |||
| === Miscellaneous === | |||
| * ''The Cruel Cocks'' (1957). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel re ]ing in Louisiana. | |||
| * ''Captain Thomas Fenlon: Master Mariner'' (1958). Julian Messner, Inc. Biographical novel. | |||
| * ''Diamond Six: The Saga of a Fighting Family from Kentucky to Texas'' (1958). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Biography. Written by William Fielding Smith. Edited by Garland Roark. | |||
| * ''The 25 Flags of Texas'' (1961). Historical pamphlet. | |||
| * ''The Coin of Contraband'' (1964). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Biographical novel. | |||
| * ''Drill a Crooked Hole'' (1968). Doubleday & Company, Inc. Novel re Texas oil fields. | |||
| == Film Adaptations == | |||
| * '']'' (1949) | |||
| * ''Fair Wind to Java'' (1953) | |||
| == Book Dust Jacket Art Samples == | |||
| <gallery caption="Dust Jacket Art Samples" widths="200px" heights="200px" perrow="4"> | |||
| Image:Wakeofredwitch.jpg|1946/Art by ]. | |||
| Image:Fairwindjava.jpg|1948 | |||
| Image:Wreckrunninggale.jpg|1953/Art by ]. | |||
| Image:Starinrigging.jpg|1954/Art by ]. | |||
| Image:Outlawedbanner.jpg|1956/Art by ]. | |||
| Image:Talescaribbean.jpg|1959/Art by ]. | |||
| Image:Witchmangareva.jpg|1962/Art by ]. | |||
| </gallery> | |||
| == References == | |||
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| ==External links == | |||
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