John Franklin Carter

Infobox writer


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name = John Franklin Carter
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pseudonym = Jay Franklin
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birthdate = Birth date|1897|04|27
birthplace = Fall River, Massachusetts, United States
deathdate = Death date and age|1967|11|28|1897|04|27
deathplace = Washington, D.C., United States
occupation = journalist, columnist, novelist, biographer, speech writer
nationality = United States
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genre = science fiction, fantasy, detective fiction
subject = politics, economics, biography (La Guardia, Drew Pearson)
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John Franklin Carter (1897 - 1967) was an American journalist, columnist, biographer and novelist. He notably wrote the syndicated column, "We the People", under his pen name Jay Franklin. He wrote over 30 books on a variety of subjects including his detective novels about the character Dennis Tyler. In his column, he was notably one of the few who predicted Truman's victory in the 1948 presidential election.

Biography

Carter was born in Fall River, Massachusetts on April 27, 1897 as one of seven children of Rev. John Franklin Carter. He attended Yale University, but left early to become a representative of the Williamstown Institute of Politics in Italy. He went on to become the Rome correspondent for the "London Daily Chronicle" and the "New York Times". In 1928, he began working for the State Department as an economic specialist. He then became a correspondent for the magazines "Liberty" and "Vanity Fair". His syndicated column, "We, The People," was written from 1936 to 1948 under his pen name Jay Franklin, chronicling the Roosevelt and Truman Administrations. He worked as a speech writer for Harry S. Truman in 1938. Carter died in Washington, D.C., on November 28, 1967 at the age of 70.

Works

partial list
* "The Rat Race" (1947)
* "Champagne Charlie" (1950)

References

*Citation
date = 1967-11-29
title = John Franklin Carter, 70, Dies; Wrote Column as Jay Franklin; Friend of a President
periodical = The New York Times
pages = 47
url = http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10E13F63C5813778DDDA00A94D9415B878AF1D3
accessdate = 2008-04-30
*Citation
publication-date =
date = 1967-12-08
year = 1967
periodical = Time
url = http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,844282,00.html
accessdate = 2008-04-30
*cite web
url= http://ahc.uwyo.edu/documents/use_archives/guides/journalism.pdf
title= University of Wyoming American Heritage Center Guide to Journalism Resources
accessdate=2008-04-30
author=Ginny Kilander
year=2005
month=March
format=PDF
pages=15
*cite book | last=Tuck | first=Donald H. | authorlink=Donald H. Tuck | title=The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction and Fantasy | location=Chicago | publisher=Advent | pages=362 | date=1978|id=ISBN 0-911682-22-8