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The Iceman
Book by Hill, Weldon
336 pages, Hardcover
Published January 1, 1976
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About the author
Weldon Hill
17 books4 followersPseudonym of William R. Scott (died in Norman, Oklahoma, at the age of 73).
Scott hit the best-seller lists in the early 1950s with Onionhead, his first book published under the pen name of Weldon Hill. He had already had a successful career as an author of short stories and serials under his own name.
Onionhead, about a University of Oklahoma student who became a reluctant hero, drew on Scott's background in the Coast Guard in World War II. It was later made into a movie starring Andy Griffith.
Other novels he wrote include The Iceman, Rafe and The Long Summer of George Adams.
Scott hit the best-seller lists in the early 1950s with Onionhead, his first book published under the pen name of Weldon Hill. He had already had a successful career as an author of short stories and serials under his own name.
Onionhead, about a University of Oklahoma student who became a reluctant hero, drew on Scott's background in the Coast Guard in World War II. It was later made into a movie starring Andy Griffith.
Other novels he wrote include The Iceman, Rafe and The Long Summer of George Adams.
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March 11, 2013
Coming off a run of books from the likes of B.E. Ellis and C. McCarthy, I was over hopelessness protagonists and squalid violence. So I grabbed the happiest looking book on the shelf, Weldon Hill's The Iceman. At any other time this is probably a 3 star for me, but I really got taken by this simple coming of age tale of Henry Coonrod and the mostly decent folk in his town. Yeah it's folksy, but it also has the banter and jokes of everyday life. Not every novel has to be a world changer.
February 3, 2008
This coming of age story was recommended by Rhonda.
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