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Howard Melvin Fast (November 11, 1914 – March 12, 2003) was an American novelist and television writer. Fast also wrote under the pen names E.V. Cunningham and Walter Ericson . Biography
As of 2017, Fast was a professor of social work at the Wurzweiler School of Social Work at Yeshiva University. [ 3 ] His father, Howard Fast (1914–2003), was the author of many best-selling novels, including Spartacus ( 1951 ), which became the basis for the 1960 film of the same name .
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Blue Heron Press was a way for Fast to publish his book Spartacus, which at the time was blacklisted. Spartacus became the first book published by the new press. In 1953, Blue Heron Press published a reprint of W. E. B. Du Bois ' The Souls of Black Folk , which was the eighth book published by Blue Heron Press.
My Glorious Brothers is a historical novel by the Jewish American novelist Howard Fast, depicting the 167 BC Maccabeean revolt against the Greek-Seleucid Empire. [1] The book, which deals with Jewish independence and self-determination, was published in 1948, during the 1948 Palestine war.
Julius Fast. Julius Fast (April 17, 1919 – December 16, 2008) was an American author of both fiction and non-fiction. In 1946 he was the first recipient of the Edgar Award given by the Mystery Writers of America for the best first novel of 1945. [1] Fast was born in Manhattan, the younger brother of novelist Howard Fast.
The Immigrants (1977) is a historical novel written by Howard Fast.Set in San Francisco during the early 20th century, it tells the story of Daniel Lavette, a self-described "roughneck" who rises from the ashes of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and becomes one of the most successful and dominating figures in San Francisco.
Spartacus is a 1951 historical novel by American writer Howard Fast. It is about the historic slave revolt led by Spartacus around 71 BC. The book inspired the 1960 film directed by Stanley Kubrick and the 2004 TV adaptation by Robert Dornhelm .