- Quentin Reynolds
Quentin James Reynolds (born
April 11 1902 ,New York City – diedMarch 17 1965 ,San Francisco, California ) was ajournalist andWorld War II war correspondent .As
associate editor atCollier's Weekly from 1933 to 1945, Reynolds averaged twenty articles a year. He also published twenty-five books, including "The Wounded Don’t Cry", "London Diary", "Dress Rehearsal", and "Courtroom", a biography of lawyerSamuel Leibowitz . He also published an autobiography, "By Quentin Reynolds".After World War II, Reynolds was best known for his
libel suit against right-wing Hearst columnistWestbrook Pegler , who called him "yellow" and an "absentee war correspondent". Reynolds, represented by noted attorneyLouis Nizer , won $175,001, at the time the largest libel judgment ever. The trial was later made into a Broadway play, "A Case of Libel", which was twice adapted as TV movies.In 1953, Reynolds was the victim of a major literary hoax when he published "The Man Who Wouldn’t Talk", the supposedly true story of a Canadian war hero who claimed to have been captured and tortured by German soldiers. When the hoax was exposed,
Random House , Reynolds' publisher, reclassified the book as anovel .Fact|date=March 2008Other books
* "The Curtain Rises", Cassell and Company, 1944
* "Don't Think It Hasn't Been Fun"
* "Only the Stars are Neutral", Blue Ribbon Books, 1943ee also
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Reynolds v. Pegler "External links
* [http://www.transpacificradio.com/2007/03/25/neoc3/ "Nazi Eyes On Canada" (1942)] CBC Radio series starring Quentin Reynolds
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