Paul Wellman
Paul Iselin Wellman (October 15, 1895 — September 17, 1966) was an American journalist,
popular history and
novel writer, and
screenwriter, known for his books of the
Wild West:
Kansas,
Oklahoma,
Great Plains. Hollywood movies ''
Cheyenne'' (1947) with
Jane Wyman, ''
The Walls of Jericho'' (1948) with
Kirk Douglas, ''
The Iron Mistress'' (1952) with
Alan Ladd as
Jim Bowie, ''
Apache'' (1954) with
Burt Lancaster and
Jean Peters, ''
Jubal'' (1956) with
Ernest Borgnine and
Rod Steiger, and ''
The Comancheros'' (1961) with
John Wayne and
Lee Marvin are based on Wellman novels.
Wellman's brother,
Manly Wade Wellman, was also a well published author, as was his father,
Frederick Creighton Wellman under the pseudonym Cyril Kay-Scott. Another brother,
Frederick Lovejoy Wellman, was a noted
plant pathologist.
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