Charles Elbert Scoggins (1888-1955) was an American writer who specialized in adventure stories set in

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. Two of his stories were filmed by Hollywood; '' Untamed'' in 1929 and ''

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'', first serialized in the

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in 1932 was filmed with

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in 1947.

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*C.E. Scoggins magazine stories https://web.archive.org/web/20081204124136/http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/d1646.htm#A77321 *C.E. Scoggins works in the Open Library https://openlibrary.org/a/OL2315333A/C._E._Scoggins {{DEFAULTSORT:Scoggins, Charles 1888 births 1955 deaths American short story writers Pulp fiction writers Place of birth missing