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Kyle Elihu Onstott (January 12, 1887 – June 3, 1966) [1] 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 [2] and film of the same name, which was released in 1975.
Born. in Duquoin, Illinois, The United States. January 12, 1887. Died. June 01, 1966. Genre. Historical Fiction, Literature & Fiction. edit data. (Information from the article "The Master of Mandingo" by Rudy Maxa, which appeared in The Washington Post, July 13, 1975.)
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Falconhurst Series. 14 primary works • 14 total works. A series about the antebellum plantation Falconhurst and its ruthless masters, the Maxwells. Series was written out of chronological order. Written by three different authors: Kyle Onstott, Lance Horner and Ashley Carter (pen name of Harry Whittington).
Jan 29, 2021 · 2 Publication. 3 Plot. 4 Critical reactions. 5 Racial Stereotype. 6 References. Author. Onstott began writing Mandingo when he was 65 years old. He based some of the events in the novel on "bizarre legends" he heard while growing up: tales of slave breeding and sadistic abuse of slaves.
Kyle Onstott has 32 books on Goodreads with 8000 ratings. Kyle Onstott’s most popular book is Mandingo.
Mandingo is a novel by Kyle Onstott, published in 1957. The book is set in the 1830s in the Antebellum South primarily around Falconhurst, a fictional plantation in Alabama owned by the planter Warren Maxwell. The narrative centers on Maxwell, his son Hammond, and the Mandingo slave Ganymede, or Mede.
