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The Golden Hawk (novel)

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The Golden Hawk
AuthorFrank Yerby
LanguageEnglish
GenreHistorical
PublisherDial Press
Publication date
1948
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint

The Golden Hawk is a 1948 historical adventure film by the American writer Frank Yerby.[1] [2] It was his third published novel, and was a popular success ranking sixth on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year.[3]

Adaptation

In 1952 it was adapted into a film of the same title released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Sidney Salkow and featured Rhonda Fleming, Sterling Hayden and John Sutton.[4]

References

  1. ^ Hill p.93
  2. ^ Brown p.37
  3. ^ Korda p.96
  4. ^ Goble p.513

Bibliography

  • Brown, Stephanie. The Postwar African American Novel: Protest and Discontent, 1945-1950. University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
  • Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
  • Hill, James Lee. Anti-heroic Perspectives: The Life and Works of Frank Yerby. University of Iowa, 1976.
  • Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900–1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2001.