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Lewis Patrick Greene (1891-1971), who usually wrote under the name L. Patrick Greene, was an English writer of adventure stories. Greene was born in England. He spent several years in Rhodesia working as a civil servant, before a back injury caused him to be deemed medically unfit for service and discharged.〔Penzler,Otto,''The Big Book of Adventure Stories. Vintage, 2011, ISBN 0-307-47450-X (p.685)〕 By 1913, Greene had emigrated to the US and became an American citizen, settling in Boston. ==Writing career== In 1918, Greene began to write fiction based on his experiences for the pulp magazines. Initially, his main American market was ''Adventure'' magazine.〔Jones, Robert Kenneth. ''The Lure of Adventure''. Starmont House,1989 ISBN 1-55742-143-9 (p.9-11)〕 For ''Adventure'', Greene created his most famous character, the "Major", the alias of English adventurer Aubrey St. John Major. An eccentric Englishman whose foppish behaviour disguised a clever and heroic character, the Major, aided by his Khoikhoi friend Jim, worked as an Illicit Diamond Buyer, illegally trading diamonds in South Africa.〔 Despite his criminal status, the Major and Jim often intervened to help the innocent and bring criminals to justice.〔Sampson, Robert. ''Yesterday's Faces: Dangerous Horizons''. Popular Press, 1991. ISBN 978-0-87972-514-3 (pp 78-88).〕 For a time, Greene worked as Assistant Editor on ''Adventure'' and was not allowed to write fiction for it. He then began selling fiction to other pulp magazines, especially ''Short Stories'', (where he transferred the Major series). Green became one of ''Short Stories most frequent and most popular contributors.〔Hulse, Ed. ''The Blood 'n' Thunder Guide to Collecting Pulps''. Murania Press, 2009, ISBN 0-9795955-0-9 (pp. 44-45).〕 Other publications Greene wrote for included ''Action Stories'', ''Argosy'', ''Blue Book'', and ''Everybody's Magazine''. For his nephews, Greene wrote a children's book, ''Tabu Dick'' (1933). This revolved around the adventures of a Tarzan-like boy in Africa.〔Pringle, David. ''Imaginary people: a who's who of fictional characters from the eighteenth century to the present day''. Scolar Press, 1996, ISBN 1-85928-162-1 (p.234).〕 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「Lewis Patrick Greene」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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