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Robert Wilder


Born
in Richmond, Virginia, The United States
January 25, 1901

Died
August 22, 1974

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Robert Ingersoll Wilder was a novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Wilder's childhood was spent at Daytona Beach, Florida. Following a stint in the United States Army during World War I, he was educated at Stetson University and Columbia University. At various times in his life, Mr. Wilder was a soda jerk, a ship fitter, a theater usher, a shipping clerk, a newspaper copy boy, a publicity agent, a radio executive, and a journalist.

Mr. Wilder traveled widely and contributed stories to The New Yorker, among other magazines. He was author of two plays, Sweet Chariot, based on the life and career of activist Marcus Garvey, and Stardust, both of which were produced on Broadway. He also wrote the screenplay for the classic western, The Big Coun
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Wind from the Carolinas

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Flamingo Road

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Fruit of the Poppy

3.88 avg rating — 25 ratings — published 1965 — 25 editions
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An Affair of Honour

3.67 avg rating — 18 ratings — published 1969 — 7 editions
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The Sea and the Stars

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Bright Feather

3.63 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 1948 — 21 editions
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Written on the Wind

3.67 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1946 — 20 editions
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God has a Long Face

3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1940 — 4 editions
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Walk With Evil

4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1957 — 10 editions
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“He pointed to the board where the word 'alliteration' had been written in handwriting far better than mine, which on good days looks like it came from the hand of a blind doctor writing his own morphine scripts in an earthquake.”
Robert Wilder, Tales from the Teachers' Lounge: What I Learned in School the Second Time Around—One Man's Irreverent Look at Being a Teacher Today

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