George Edmund Holt (February 15, 1881 – October 16, 1950) was an American journalist.
Life and career
Holt was born in
Moline, Illinois
Moline ( ) is a city located in Rock Island County, Illinois, United States. With a population of 42,985 in 2020, it is the largest city in Rock Island County. Moline is one of the Quad Cities, along with neighboring East Moline, Illinois, East M ...
on February 15, 1881.
In Morocco, he covered the defeat and abdication of
Sultan Abd-el-Aziz for the Associated Press.
[Call to Adventure. Robert Spiers Benjamin. 1935] He also met
Raisuli
Mulai Ahmed er Raisuni (Arabic: "مولاي أحمد الريسوني", known as Raisuli to most English speakers, also Raissoulli, Rais Uli, and Raysuni; 1871 – April 1925) was a Sharif (descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad), and a leader ...
. He was appointed Consul-General for the United States in Morocco.
He also wrote short stories for magazines such as
Collier's
''Collier's'' was an American general interest magazine founded in 1888 by Peter Fenelon Collier. It was launched as ''Collier's Once a Week'', then renamed in 1895 as ''Collier's Weekly: An Illustrated Journal'', shortened in 1905 to ''Collie ...
.
and contributed both fiction and non-fiction to ''
Adventure
An adventure is an exciting experience or undertaking that is typically bold, sometimes risky. Adventures may be activities with danger such as traveling, exploring, skydiving, mountain climbing, scuba diving, river rafting, or other extreme spo ...
''
Holt resided in
San Diego, California
San Diego ( , ; ) is a city on the Pacific Ocean coast of Southern California located immediately adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a 2020 population of 1,386,932, it is the eighth most populous city in the United States ...
from 1922 until his death on October 16, 1950, at the age of 69.
["George Holt, Publisher, Author, Dies." ''San Diego Union'', November 17, 1950.]
Books
Non fiction
*''Morocco the piquant, or, Life in sunset land''
Fiction
*''By Favour of Allah'' (1926)
*''The Decree of Allah'' (Black Dog Books, 2015)
See also
*
Adventurers' Club of New York The Adventurers' Club of New York was an adventure-oriented private men's club founded in New York City in 1912 by Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, editor of the popular pulp magazine ''Adventure''. There were 34 members at the first meeting. In its seco ...
References
1881 births
1950 deaths
American diplomats
American expatriates in Morocco
American male journalists
Pulp fiction writers
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