Clifton Adams
USA flag (1919 - 1971)
aka Clay Randall
From The Stark House Press:
Clifton Adams was born in Comanche, Oklahoma in 1919. During WWII, he served in the Tank Corps in both Africa and Europe, developing his favorite hobby, cooking, while trying to prepare army rations. He wrote over 50 books and 125 stories under several pseudonyms—including Clay Randall, Jonathan Gant and Matt Kinkaid—and won two Spur Awards for his westerns, Tragg's Choice in 1969 and The Last Days of Wolf Garnett in 1970. He had also been named "Oklahoma Writer of the Year" in 1965 by the University of Oklahoma, his alma mater. He died of a heart attack in San Francisco, California on October 7, 1971.
He was with the Second Armored Division in 1943-44 during World War II, was a jazz drummer and wine junkie and collected, with pride, tomes regarding Oklahoma history.
USA flag (1919 - 1971)
aka Clay Randall
From The Stark House Press:
Clifton Adams was born in Comanche, Oklahoma in 1919. During WWII, he served in the Tank Corps in both Africa and Europe, developing his favorite hobby, cooking, while trying to prepare army rations. He wrote over 50 books and 125 stories under several pseudonyms—including Clay Randall, Jonathan Gant and Matt Kinkaid—and won two Spur Awards for his westerns, Tragg's Choice in 1969 and The Last Days of Wolf Garnett in 1970. He had also been named "Oklahoma Writer of the Year" in 1965 by the University of Oklahoma, his alma mater. He died of a heart attack in San Francisco, California on October 7, 1971.
He was with the Second Armored Division in 1943-44 during World War II, was a jazz drummer and wine junkie and collected, with pride, tomes regarding Oklahoma history.
Clifton Adams
USA flag (1919 - 1971)
aka Clay Randall
From The Stark House Press:
Clifton Adams was born in Comanche, Oklahoma in 1919. During WWII, he served in the Tank Corps in both Africa and Europe, developing his favorite hobby, cooking, while trying to prepare army rations. He wrote over 50 books and 125 stories under several pseudonyms—including Clay Randall, Jonathan Gant and Matt Kinkaid—and won two Spur Awards for his westerns, Tragg's Choice in 1969 and The Last Days of Wolf Garnett in 1970. He had also been named "Oklahoma Writer of the Year" in 1965 by the University of Oklahoma, his alma mater. He died of a heart attack in San Francisco, California on October 7, 1971.
He was with the Second Armored Division in 1943-44 during World War II, was a jazz drummer and wine junkie and collected, with pride, tomes regarding Oklahoma history.
USA flag (1919 - 1971)
aka Clay Randall
From The Stark House Press:
Clifton Adams was born in Comanche, Oklahoma in 1919. During WWII, he served in the Tank Corps in both Africa and Europe, developing his favorite hobby, cooking, while trying to prepare army rations. He wrote over 50 books and 125 stories under several pseudonyms—including Clay Randall, Jonathan Gant and Matt Kinkaid—and won two Spur Awards for his westerns, Tragg's Choice in 1969 and The Last Days of Wolf Garnett in 1970. He had also been named "Oklahoma Writer of the Year" in 1965 by the University of Oklahoma, his alma mater. He died of a heart attack in San Francisco, California on October 7, 1971.
He was with the Second Armored Division in 1943-44 during World War II, was a jazz drummer and wine junkie and collected, with pride, tomes regarding Oklahoma history.
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