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Kyle Onstott

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Kyle Onstott


Born
in Duquoin, Illinois, The United States
January 12, 1887

Died
June 01, 1966

Genre
Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction


(Information from the article "The Master of Mandingo" by Rudy Maxa, which appeared in The Washington Post, July 13, 1975.)

The son of a midwestern general store owner, he moved to California with his widowed mother in the early 1900s and was a local breeder and judge in regional dog shows. He was an eccentric who was happy with a life of little work, ample cigarettes, and gin.

After collaborating with his adopted son on a book on dog breeding, he decided to write a book that would make him rich. Utilizing his son's anthropology research on West Africa, he handwrote Mandingo and his son served as editor. Denlinger's, a small Virginia publisher, released it and it became a national sensation, consumed by the public and derided by the critics.

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Average rating: 3.88 · 2,404 ratings · 168 reviews · 23 distinct works • Similar authors
Mandingo
3.86 avg rating — 1,121 ratings — published 1957 — 85 editions
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Drum
3.87 avg rating — 337 ratings — published 1962 — 46 editions
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Master of Falconhurst
4.03 avg rating — 254 ratings — published 1964 — 33 editions
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Child of the Sun
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3.71 avg rating — 192 ratings — published 1966 — 20 editions
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The Tattooed Rood
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Drum Beat
4.04 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 1955
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Strange Harvest
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The art of breeding better ...
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The Million Dollar Journal
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La mansión de Falconhurst
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Mandingo Drum Master of Falconhurst
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“miraculously gone.”
― Kyle Onstott, Mandingo
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