- Curt Gentry
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Curt Gentry (born 1931) is an American writer. He is best known for co-writing the book Helter Skelter with Vincent Bugliosi (1974), which detailed the Charles Manson murders. Gentry lives in San Francisco, California.
Helter Skelter won a 1975 Edgar Award from the Mystery Writers of America for Best Fact Crime book.[citation needed]
Select works
- The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California, 1968
- J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets[1]
- The Madams of San Francisco: An Irreverent History of the City by the Golden Gate, 1964, paperback reprint 1971
- The Killer Mountains: A Search for the Legendary Lost Dutchman Mine
- Helter Skelter: The True Story Of The Manson Murders (with Vincent Bugliosi)
- Frame-up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings
- The Dolphin Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area
- Jade: Stone of Heaven (with Richard Gump)
- John M. Browning: American Gunmaker (with J. Browning)
- The Vulnerable Americans
- A Kind of Loving (with Toni Lee Scott)
- Operation Overflight: The U-2 Spy Pilot Tells His Story for the First Time (with Francis Gary Powers)
- Second in Command: The Uncensored Account of the Capture of the Spy Ship Pueblo (with Edward R. Murphy)
References
- ^ Johnston, David (September 9, 1991). "Hoover: Still a Shadow Not to Be Stepped On". The New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/1991/09/09/books/hoover-still-a-shadow-not-to-be-stepped-on.html. Retrieved 16 July 2010.
Categories:- 1931 births
- Living people
- American historians
- American non-fiction crime writers
- American investigative journalists
- Edgar Award winners
- American non-fiction writer stubs
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