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William Wister Haines (September 17, 1908 – November 18, 1989) was an American author, screenwriter, and playwright. His most notable work, Command Decision, was published as a novel, play, and screenplay following World War II.
WILLIAM WISTER HAINES 1908-1989. Haines was 24 years old when he wrote SLIM, yet he’d been a lineman for 7 years. Around 1926 the Haines family became victims of the Great Depression. He was part way through the University when funds ran out.
Command Decision is a war novel by William Wister Haines, serialized in 1946–47 in four parts in The Atlantic Monthly. It was published in book form in 1947. It was developed from the unproduced play of the same title in order to provide a market for a Broadway production that followed in 1947, then adapted as a film in 1948.
William Wister Haines was born on 17 September 1908 in Des Moines, Iowa, USA. William Wister was a writer, known for Command Decision (1948), One Minute to Zero (1952) and Slim (1937). William Wister died on 18 November 1989 in Laguna Niguel, California, USA.
- Writer, Additional Crew
- September 17, 1908
- William Wister Haines
- November 18, 1989
WILLIAM WISTER HAINES, the author and playwright, is a Californian by adoption who has long enjoyed the native wines. At the suggestion of the Editor, he made an extended trip through California...
William Wister Haines has 19 books on Goodreads with 517 ratings. William Wister Haines’s most popular book is What if the Zebras Lost Their Stripes?.
William Wister Haines, a novelist, playwright and screenwriter whose best-known work was the play ''Command Decision,'' died on Saturday, three days after suffering a cerebral hemorrhage. He was 81 years old and lived in Laguna Niguel, Calif.
