The Golden Hawk (novel)

The Golden Hawk

Author	Frank Yerby
Language	English
Genre	Historical
Publisher	Dial Press
Publication date	1948
Publication place	United States
Media type	Print

The Golden Hawk is a 1948 historical novel by the American writer Frank Yerby. ^{[1] [2]} It was his third published novel, and was a popular success ranking sixth on the Publishers Weekly list of bestselling novels that year. ^[3]

Adaptation

In 1952 it was adapted into a film of the same title released by Columbia Pictures. It was directed by Sidney Salkow and featured Rhonda Fleming, Sterling Hayden and John Sutton. ^[4]

References

1. Hill p.93
2. Brown p.37
3. Korda p.96
4. Goble p.513

Bibliography

• Brown, Stephanie. The Postwar African American Novel: Protest and Discontent, 1945-1950. University Press of Mississippi, 2011.
• Goble, Alan. The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.
• Hill, James Lee. Anti-heroic Perspectives: The Life and Works of Frank Yerby. University of Iowa, 1976.
• Korda, Michael. Making the List: A Cultural History of the American Bestseller, 1900–1999 : as Seen Through the Annual Bestseller Lists of Publishers Weekly. Barnes & Noble Publishing, 2001.