Movies Mandingo, Drum Role Novelist | Name Kyle Onstott | |
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Died June 1, 1966, United States of America Books Mandingo, Falconhurst Fancy, Master of Falconhurst Similar People Jack Kirkland, Norman Wexler, Richard Fleischer, Steve Carver, Raymond Harold Sawkins | ||
Kyle Onstott (January 12, 1887 in Du Quoin, Illinois – June 1, 1966) was an American novelist, known for his best-selling novel Mandingo (1957), which deals with slavery on an Alabama plantation with the fictional name of Falconhurst in the 1830s. The book was made into a 1961 play and film of the same name, which was released in 1975.
Onstott was originally a dog breeder and judge in regional dog shows, living in California with his widowed mother in the early 1900s. Having collaborated with his adopted son on a book about dog breeding, he decided to write a book that would make him rich. "Utilizing his son's anthropology research on West Africa, he handwrote Mandingo and his son served as editor. Denlinger's, a small Virginia publisher, released it and it became a national sensation." A sequel and a series of other novels followed, mostly written with Lance Horner.
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