Francis
| First published | 1946 |
|---|---|
| Series | Francis #2 |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus |
| Format | Hardcover |
| Type | Collection |
| Cover art | Garrett Price |
| Pages | x+216 |
| Price | $2.50 |
"Under the nom de plume of Peter Stirling, Stern wrote several short stories for Esquire about a nameless, brand-new U. S. Army 2nd lieutenant fighting the Japanese in the jungles of Burma. Following the war, he connected three of the stories, "I Meet Francis", "Francis and the Golden", and "Francis Unmasked" into the 1946 novel Francis."
--Wikipedia (2018-11-09)
Sources differ concerning the name of the 2nd Lieutenant ("nameless" above) in Francis stories, the two Francis novels, and the Francis film comedies (Universal Studios, 1950 to 1956) starring Donald O'Connor in that role; and differ also about the David Stern pseudonyms under which Francis stories were published in Esquire and in a 1945 collection.
Peter Stirling or Peter Sterling?
- 1st ed.
- Publication date and price from "Books Published Today" (Monday), NY Times 1946-10-21 p41. (Kirkus Reviews gives the same publication date; see the novel record.)
- Cover image from Amazon.com 2018-11-09 as "Farrar, Straus And Co.; 1st edition (1946)".
- Cover illustration is part of one published in The Hartford Courant Magazine 1946-10-20 pSM14 as 'Portrait by Garrett Price of "Francis", the talking Army Mule ...'; that is one of the interior illustrations presumably.
- Library records (LCCN and OCLC, below) give publisher name "Farrar, Straus and Company".
- Tuck confuses Stern with his father J. David Stern.
- Sources disagree about the pseudonym under which Francis short stories were originally published. The name of the human character should be checked: Peter Stirling or Peter Sterling?
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