Carhart, Arthur Hawthorne
Entry updated 9 January 2023. Tagged: Author.
(1892-1978) US conservationist in government service and author, of mild interest under his own name for The Last Stand of the Pack (1929), a set of animal stories [for Animal Fantasy see The Encyclopedia of Fantasy under links below]. Of more direct sf interest is The Wrong Body (1937) as by V A Van Sickle, in which a medical experiment causes Identity Exchange between a criminal and a politician. Under his own name, Carhart was a prolific author of Western tales in various magazines; a few were published in book form. [JC]
Arthur Hawthorne Carhart
born Mapleton, Iowa: 18 September 1892
died California: 27 November 1978
works (selected)
- The Last Stand of the Pack (Chicago, Illinois: Sears, 1929) [coll: hb/]
- The Wrong Body (New York: Alfred A Knopf, 1937) as by V A Van Sickle [hb/uncredited]
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