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Brown, Wenzell (1912 - 1981)
Genre: General Fiction, Non-Fiction
Born in Portland, ME, Wenzell Brown graduated from Portland High School in 1928, attended both Bowdoin and the University of Maine for one year, graduated from Rollins College in 1932 (A.B.), attended King's College, London (1932-33), and received his M.A. from Columbia University in 1940. He taught for many years in such diverse locations such as the public schools of Puerto Rico and Lingnan University in Canton, China. He was in Hong Kong when the city fell to the Japanese and spent several months in an internment camp for foreigners. He wrote both fiction and non-fiction.
Selected Bibliography
- Hong Kong Aftermath (1943)
- Dynamite on Our Doorstep: Puerto Rican Paradox (1945)
- Dark Drums (1950)
- Women Who Died in the Chair (1958) Edgar Award Winner
