His book, "The Brownsville Raid," led to the exoneration of 167 black
soldiers who had been discharged without honor 64 years earlier.
Was a prominent figure on the Los Angeles literary scene for nearly
half a century
Was West Coast editor of Holiday, and Travel and Leisure magazines and
wrote hundreds of short stories, articles and book reviews for
Harper's, Atlantic Monthly, Saturday Evening Post, New West and other
magazines.