Gouverneur Morris (novelist)


Gouverneur Morris IV was an American author of pulp novels and short stories during the early twentieth century.

Biography

Gouverneur Morris IV was born in 1876 and was a great grandson of American Founding Father Gouverneur Morris. He graduated from Yale University, where he wrote for campus humor magazine The Yale Record.

Film Adaptations

Several of his works were adapted into films, including the famous Lon Chaney, Sr. film The Penalty.
Other film adaptions of his novels include: