McDonald, William Colt

Entry updated 9 January 2023. Tagged: Author.

(1891-1968) US author of many Westerns from 1929; of sf interest is The Singing Scorpion (1934), a Three Mesquiteers tale in which an ancient relic – the emerald eyes of Zeronteotl, an Indian god – leads to the discovery of a Lost World. [JC]

Allen William Colt MacDonald

born Detroit, Michigan: 1891

died 1968

works

• The Singing Scorpion (New York: Covici-Friede, 1934) [hb/]

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