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Theodore Pratt


Born
Minneapolis, Minnesota, The United States
Genre
Fiction, Mystery


Theodore Pratt (1901 - 1969) was an American writer who is best known for his novels set in Florida. He was born in Minneapolis, Minnesota in 1901 to Thomas A. and Emma Pratt. The family later moved to New Rochelle, New York, where Theodore attended high school. After completing high school, he attended Colgate University for two years, and then Columbia University for another two years, but did not graduate. He worked in New York City as a play reader, a staff reader for a movie company, and a columnist for the New York Sun. He also free-lanced articles for The New Yorker and other national magazines.

Theodore Pratt published more than thirty novels, including four mysteries under the pseudonym of "[author=Timothy Brace|21712110]", two coll ...more

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Average rating: 3.85 · 515 ratings · 98 reviews · 77 distinct works • Similar authors
The Barefoot Mailman
3.90 avg rating — 346 ratings — published 1943 — 19 editions
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The Flame Tree: Florida in ...
3.94 avg rating — 34 ratings — published 1994 — 8 editions
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Mr. Limpet
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4.42 avg rating — 19 ratings — published 1942
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Seminole
3.85 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1954 — 6 editions
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The Big Bubble: A Novel of ...
3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1951 — 10 editions
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Mr. Winkle Goes to War
4.43 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 1943 — 3 editions
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The Hohokam Dig
2.71 avg rating — 7 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions
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Tropical Disturbance
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3.67 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1961 — 4 editions
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The Tormented
liked it 3.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1950 — 3 editions
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Escape To Eden
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