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George Mandel (born February 11, 1920 ) is an American novelist and short story writer. A native of New York City, Mandel was educated at the Pratt Institute, The Art Students League of New York and The New School. His first novel, ''Flee the Angry Strangers'' (1952), was one of the first Beat novels. He is a Purple Heart veteran of multiple wounds in four European Theater of Operations World War Two campaigns. His subsequent novels include ''The Breakwater'', ''Into the Woods of the World'', and ''The Wax Boom'' (1962). His short story "The Beckoning Sea" was included in the anthology ''Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men'',〔Feldman, Gene and Gartneberg, Max (editors) (1958). Protest: The Beat Generation and the Angry Young Men. New York: Citadel Press〕 and he also wrote a short story, "Adjustments" (1956), which appeared in an Alfred Hitchcock horror anthology.〔Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Stories My Mother Never Told Me (edited by Robert Arthur ) ed. Alfred Hitchcock (Random House 1963)〕 He also wrote ''Crocodile Blood'', a novel about a Native American Seminole girl, and ''Scapegoats'' (1970) as well as two cartoon books, ''Beatville U.S.A.'' and ''Borderline Cases'', and the Saturday Evening Post short story "The Day the Time Changed". The National World War II Museum gratefully added to its collection his essay, "Men Weep," which he contributed in September 2014. It is an account of his service in the European Theater of Operations and his reaction to the Battle of the Bulge. In 1968, he signed the “Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War.〔“Writers and Editors War Tax Protest” January 30, 1968 ''New York Post''〕 He was a friend of the novelist Joseph Heller.〔Heller, Joseph and Vogel, Speed ''No Laughing Matter'' (Putnam 1986)〕 ==References == 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「George Mandel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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