Gentry, Curt

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GENTRY, Curt

GENTRY, Curt. American, b. 1931. Genres: Science fiction/Fantasy, History, Biography. Career: Freelance writer, 1961-. Head of Mail Order Dept., Paul Elder Books, San Francisco, 1954-57; Manager, Tro Harper Books, San Francisco, 1957-61. Publications: The Dolphin Guide to San Francisco and the Bay Area: Present and Past, 1962, rev. ed., 1982; (with R. Gump) Jade Stone of Heaven, 1962; The Madams of San Francisco: An Irreverent History of the City by the Golden Gate, 1964; (with J.M. Browning) John M. Browning, American Gunmaker, 1964, rev. ed., 1994; The Vulnerable Americans, 1966; Frame-Up: The Incredible Case of Tom Mooney and Warren Billings, 1967; The Killer Mountains: A Search for the Legendary Lost Dutchman Mine, 1968; The Last Days of the Late, Great State of California, 1968; (with F.G. Powers) Operation Overflight, 1970; (ed.) T.L. Scott, A Kind of Loving, 1970; (with E.R. Murphy Jr.) Second in Command, 1971; (with V. Bugliosi) Helter Skelter, 1974, 1994, in U.K. as The Manson Murders, 1975; J. Edgar Hoover: The Man and the Secrets, 1991; Vegas, 2003. Address: c/o Irving S. Feffer, 609 N Alta, Beverly Hills, CA 90210, U.S.A.