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'''Theodore Pratt''' (1901 - 1969) was an American writer who is best known for his novels set in [[Florida]]. He was born in [[Minneapolis, Minnesota]] in 1901 to Thomas A. and Emma Pratt. The family later moved to [[New Rochelle, New York]], where Theodore attended high school. After completing high school, he attended [[Colgate University]] for two years, and then [[Columbia University]] for another two years, but did not graduate. He worked in [[New York City]] as a play reader, a staff reader for a movie company, and a columnist for the ''[[New York Sun (historical)|New York Sun]]''. He also free-lanced articles for ''[[The New Yorker]]'' and other national magazines. Theodore Pratt married Belle Jacqueline (Jackie) Jacques in 1929. The couple went to [[Europe]] for their honeymoon, and stayed for four years, during which he served as the European correspondent for the ''New York Sun''. The Pratts eventually settled down in [[Mallorca]], where Pratt wrote a column for the English language ''Daily Palma Post''. In 1933 Pratt wrote an article for ''[[The American Mercury]]'' called "Paradise Enjoys a Boom" that was highly critical of the Mallorcan character and way of life (he called them "among the cruelest people to animals extant in the civilized world", and said "they make inept servants, and when not shirking their work from pure laziness or contrariness, they are stealing food to take to their own home"). After parts of the article appeared in translation in Mallorca, the Pratts were forced to leave [[Spain]] and returned to the [[United States]]. The Pratts moved to [[Lake Worth, Florida]] in 1934. In 1946 the Pratts moved for a brief period to [[California]], but returned to Florida to live in [[Boca Raton, Florida|Boca Raton]]. In 1958 the Pratts moved to [[Delray Beach, Florida]]. Pratt traveled extensively in Florida, in particular away from the tourist areas on the east coast, to gather material for his writing. While he was writing ''Mercy island'', he lived in the [[Florida Keys]] to more truly depict the lives of the [[Conch (people)|Conch people]] of the Keys. His ''Escape to Eden'' incorporated material from a trip into the [[Everglades]] he had made with members of the [[National Audubon Society|Audubon club]], on which their boat ran out of gas, leaving them stranded for a day-and-a-half. Theodore Pratt died in Delray Beach in 1969. Theodore Pratt published more than thirty novels, including four mysteries under the pseudonym of "Timothy Brace", two collections of short stories, two plays, and numerous short stories and articles in publications such as ''[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]'', ''[[Blue Book (magazine)|Blue Book]]'', ''[[Escapade (magazine)|Escapade]]'', ''[[The Gent (magazine)|The Gent]]'', ''[[Manhunt (magazine)|Manhunt]]'', ''[[Guilty Detective Story Magazine]]'', ''[[Coronet (magazine)|Coronet]]'', ''[[Fantastic Universe]]'', ''[[Space Science Fiction]]'', and ''[[The Saturday Evening Post]]''. Some of his novels were sexually explicit by the standards of the ime. ''The Tormented'' (1950), a study of nymphomania, was turned down by thirty-four publishers as too hot to handle. It eventually sold more than a million copies. Five of his works were made into feature motion pictures: *''Mercy Island'' (1941) - film released 1941[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033906/], *"Land of the Jook" (article), ''The Saturday Evening Post'' (April 26 1941) - film released as ''Juke Girl'' in 1942[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034926/], *''Mr. Limpet'' (1942) - film released as ''The Incredible Mr. Limpet'' in 1964[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058230/], *''Mr. Winkle Goes to War (1943) - film released in 1943[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037095/], and *''The Barefoot Mailman'' (1943) - film released in 1951[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043319/]. Died 1969 '''Novels''' 35 total *1933 ''Spring from Downward'' *1935 ''Not Without the Wedding'' *1936 ''Big Blow'' - (1938 play) *1936 ''Hail, Caesar'' - [[Williams & Norgate]] *1941 ''Mercy Island'' - [[Dell (publisher)]] NY - (1941 movie) *1942 ''Mr. Limpet'' - [[Alfred A. Knopf]] - (1964 movie ''The Incredible Mr. Limpet'')) *1943 ''The Barefoot Mailman'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] - (1951 movie) *1943 ''Mr. Winkle Goes to War'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] - (1944 movie) *1944 ''Thunder Mountain'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] *1946 ''Valley Boy'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] *1947 ''Mr. Thurtle's Trolley'' - [[Duell, Sloan & Pearce]] *1949 ''Miss Dilly Says No'' - [[Bantam Books]] *1950 ''The Tormented'' - [[Fawcett Publications]], Inc *1950 ''The Flame Tree'' - [[Dodd, Mead and Company]] *1951 ''Cocotte'' - [[Gold Medal Books]]/Fawcett NY *1951 ''Handsome'' *1951 ''The Big Bubble'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] *1951 ''The Golden Sorrow'' - Fawcett *1953 ''Escape to Eden'' *1954 ''Smash-up'' - Fawcett/[[Gold Medal Books]] *1954 ''Seminole'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] - (1953 play) *1959 ''Handsome's Seven Women'' - [[Fawcett]] Crest *1961 ''Tropical Disturbance'' - Fawcett [[Gold Medal Books]] *1961 ''The Lovers of Pompeii'' - [[Monarch Books]] *1962 ''Without Consent'' - [[Gold Medal]] *1963 ''The White God'' - [[Pyramid Books]] *1965 ''The Money'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] *1969 ''Mister Atom'' - [[Wake-Brook House]] '''as Timothy Brace''' *1936 ''Murder Goes Fishing: Anthony Adams's first mystery'' *1937 ''Murder Goes in a Trailer: Anthony Adams's second mystery'' - [[E. P. Dutton]] *1938 ''Murder Goes to the Dogs: Anthony Adams's third mystery'' - [[E. P. Dutton]] *1939 ''Murder Goes to the World's Fair: Anthony Adams's fourth mystery'' - [[E. P. Dutton]] '''Short Story Collections''' *1944 ''Perils in Provence and other ticklish places'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] *1959 ''Florida Roundabout'' - [[Duell, Sloan and Pearce]] '''Plays''' *Big Blow (1938) *Seminole,: A drama of the Florida Indian - [[University of Florida Press]] (1953) '''Non-fiction''' *''The Story of Boca Raton'' - [[R.S. Patten]] (1950) reissued [[Great Outdoors Publishing Company]] (19630 *''That was Palm Beach'' - [[Great Outdoors Publishing Company]] (1968) *''Florida's Spanish River area'' - [[Boca-Hi]] (1969) *''America's no-surrender Indians'' - [[Fawcett]] Pub (1959) '''Short Stories''' * The Man with the Odd Skull (ss) [[10 Story Book (magazine)]] Mar 1930 * Purely for Pleasure (ss) [[Pictorial Review (magazine)]] Jul 1934 * First-Class Stowaway (ss) [[Pictorial Review (magazine)]] Oct 1934 * Cocks Must Fight (ss) [[Esquire (magazine)]] Dec 1935 * Quick Bucks (ss) [[Blue Book (magazine)]] May 1943 * The Owl That Kept Winking (ss) [[Esquire (magazine)]] Jun 1944 * The Boat Ride (ss) [[Blue Book (magazine)]] Sep 1949 * The Ambassador’s Bathtub (ss) [[Escapade (magazine)]] Jul 1956 * Shark Shy (ss) [[Short Stories (magazine)]] Sep 1956 * Stranger in the House (ss) [[Manhunt (magazine)]] Jan 1957 * Conch Boy (ss) [[Gent (magazine)]] Feb 1957 * Literary Tea (ss) [[Esquire (magazine)]] Apr 1957 * Uncle John’s Beard (ss) [[Escapade (magazine)]] Feb 1958 * Wonderful Hovel (ss) [[Escapade (magazine)]] Aug 1958 * The Infidelity by Mr. Travis (ss) [[Dude (magazine)]] Nov 1958 * A Piece of Turpentine (ss) [[Escapade]] Aug 1959 * The Attack on the Armored Car (ss) [[Guilty Detective Story Magazine]] Mar 1961 * Horace’s Atom (ss) [[Escapade (magazine)]] Dec 1962 * Verdict of the Master (ss) * Think(ss) [[Fantastic Universe]], March, 1957 * Inside Stuff(ss) [[Fantastic Universe]], December, 1957 * Shades of Davy Crockett(ss) [[Fantastic Universe]], February 1956 * The Hohokam Dig(ss) [[Fantastic Universe]] November 1956 * Official Record(ss) [[Space Science Fiction]] September, 1952 * Seed(ss) [[Fantastic Universe]] March, 1958 '''Non-fiction articles''' * Frogolympics (ar) [[Coronet (magazine)]] Nov 1936 * Shell Shock (ar) [[The Saturday Evening Post]] Feb 22 1941 * Land of the Jook (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Apr 26 1941 - (movie Juke girl) * Papa of the Everglades National Park (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Aug 9 1947 * The Cities of America: Jacksonville (ar) The Saturday Evening Post Nov 8 1947 The Incredible Mr. Limpet 1964 Fantasy Comedy http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0058230/ Distributor: Warner Brothers Running Time: 99 minutes Starring: [[Carole Cook]], [[Andrew Duggan]], [[Larry Keating]], [[Don Knotts]], [[Jack Weston]] Directed by: [[Arthur Lubin]] The Barefoot Mailman 1951 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0043319/ Running Time: 81 minutes Starring: [[Robert Cummings]], [[Jerome Courtland]], [[Terry Moore (actress)]], [[John Russell (actor)]] Directed by: [[Earl McEvoy]] Mr. Winkle Goes to War a k a Arms and the Woman (UK) 1944 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0037095/ Running Time: 80 minutes Starring: [[Ted Donaldson]], [[Edward G. Robinson]], [[Ruth Warrick]], [[Bob Haymes]], [[Richard Lane]] Directed by: [[Alfred E. Green]] Juke Girl 1942 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0034926/ Type: Features Running Time: 90 minutes Starring: [[Gene Lockhart]], [[Ronald Reagan]], [[Ann Sheridan]], [[Richard Whorf]], [[Betty Brewer]] Directed by: [[Curtis Bernhardt]] Mercy Island 1941 http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0033906/ Type: Features Distributor: Republic Running Time: 72 minutes Starring: [[Gloria Dickson]], [[Donald Douglas]], [[Forrester Harvey]], [[Otto Kruger]], [[Ray Middleton]] Directed by: [[William Morgan (director)|William Morgan]] http://www.bocahistory.org/pdf/span_river/SRP%20Spring%201984.pdf