John Weld
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Brief Biography
John Weld was a native of Birmingham, Alabama. After attending military schools as a teenager, he briefly studied at Alabama Polytechnic Institute before venturing to Kansas City and eventually settling in Hollywood. Although initially working as a movie stuntman, Weld's passion for writing led him to become a journalist. After he sold his first short story in 1927, he resigned from his job and moved to Paris, where he worked for several newspapers and wrote two novels. Weld briefly returned to Hollywood but moved to New York after losing his job due to Depression cutbacks. He began researching the Donner Party for a novel and continued his research after moving to Berkeley, California, in 1935. He moved around California a couple more times, publishing several more books, and he branched out to create travel documentaries in the 1960s and early 1970s. He continued writing until he died in Monarch Beach, Dana Point, California, in 2003.
Publications
Gun Girl. New York; McBride, 1930.
Stunt Man. New York; McBride, 1931.
Don't You Cry for Me. New York; Scribner, 1940.
The Pardners. New York; Scribner, 1941.
Sabbath Has No End. New York; Scribner, 1942.
Mark Pfeiffer, M.D. New York; Scribner, 1943.
The Missionary; a Novel of the Early Southwest. Virginia; Northwoods Press, 1981.
Young Man in Paris. Chicago; Academy Chicago, 1985.
Fly Away Home. Santa Barbara; Mission Pub., 1991.
Laguna, I Love You: The Best of Our Town. Santa Barbara, Calif.; Fithian Press, 1996.
September Song: An Intimate Biography of Walter Huston. Lanham, Md.; The Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Stunt Man. New York; McBride, 1931.
Don't You Cry for Me. New York; Scribner, 1940.
The Pardners. New York; Scribner, 1941.
Sabbath Has No End. New York; Scribner, 1942.
Mark Pfeiffer, M.D. New York; Scribner, 1943.
The Missionary; a Novel of the Early Southwest. Virginia; Northwoods Press, 1981.
Young Man in Paris. Chicago; Academy Chicago, 1985.
Fly Away Home. Santa Barbara; Mission Pub., 1991.
Laguna, I Love You: The Best of Our Town. Santa Barbara, Calif.; Fithian Press, 1996.
September Song: An Intimate Biography of Walter Huston. Lanham, Md.; The Scarecrow Press, 1998.
Themes
John Weld was a journalist and writer of fiction and nonfiction. He set multiple historical novels in the American West.
Publisher
Alabama Authors of the 19th and 20th Centuries, edited by Beverley Park Rilett, http://AlabamaAuthors.org
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Citation
Weld, John, “John Weld,” Alabama Authors of the 19th & 20th Centuries, accessed September 19, 2024, https://alabamaauthors.org/items/show/673.