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Harlan Howard Thompson (1984 - 1897) was an author of children's books. He was a member of P.E.N., and its international president from 1958-59, the Western Writers of America and other organizations and wrote ''Prairie Colt'' under the penname Stephen Holt for which he received the Boys Clubs of America gold medal in 1947. He was born December 25, 1898 in Brewster, Kansas. He attended South Pasadena High School.〔(South Pasadena High School Alumni Association - Classes of 1907-2015 )〕 He then attended the University of Southern California from 1917 to 1919, which houses his papers.〔(From the finding aid for Harlan Howard Thompson Papers 1946-1982 ) (University of California, Los Angeles. Library. Department of Special Collections.)〕 Among his books are ''Prairie Colt'', which won the ''Boys Clubs of America'' gold medal in 1947 , ''Stormy'', ''We were there with the California forty-niners'', ''Wild Palomino'' and many other juvenile western books.〔( Library of Congress copyright office )〕〔(Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature, Volume 2 ) R. Reginald, Douglas Menville, Mary A. Burgess; Wildside Press 2010 ; page 1099〕 ''Spook the Mustang'' won the silver medal in fiction in the 1956 California Book Awards.〔( List of winners of the California Book Awards ) Commonwealth Club of California〕 For many years he owned the ''TX Ranch'' in Alberta, Canada.〔 He died on October 9, 1987, in Pasadena, California.〔〔(''Harlan Thompson, 92; Ex-Rancher Who Later Wrote Children's Books'' ) The Los Angeles Times obituary October 14, 1987〕 ==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「Harlan Howard Thompson」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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