Kyle Onstott

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  • Bibliography:
    6 Books
  • First Book:
    January 1957
  • Latest Book:
    June 1981
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About the Author

Kyle Onstott (January 12, 1887 in Duquoin, Illinois–June 01, 1966) was an American novelist, best-remembered for his best-selling novel Mandingo (1957), which deals with slavery on an Alabama plantation with the fictional name of Falconhurst in the 1830s. The book was made into a film of the same name, which was released in 1975. Onstott was originally a dog breeder and judge in regional dog shows, living in California with his widowed mother in the early 1900s. Having collaborated with his adopted son on a book about dog breeding, he decided to write a book that would make him rich. "Utilizing his son's anthropology research on West Africa, he handwrote Mandingo and his son served as editor. Denlinger's, a small Virginia publisher, released it and it became a national sensation." A sequel and a series of other novels followed, mostly written with Lance Horner.

Multi-Author Series List

Falconhurst

1 - Mandingo (1957)
2 - Drum (1962)
3 - Master of Falconhurst (1964)

Book List in Order: 6 titles

  • Mandingo

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    Falconhurst - 1

    HUMAN BREEDING FARM Behind the hoop skirts and hospitality, the mint juleps and magnolia blossoms of the Old South was a world few people knew existed--a world of violence, cruelty, greed and lust. MANDINGO brings to vivid life the sounds, the ...

  • Drum

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    Falconhurst - 2

    The world of DRUM is a world of brutality, lust, and miscegenation ... where chained slaves are sold like cattle . . . where prize specimens, male and female, are chosen to work in exotic bordellos and on slave-breeding plantations . . . where master...

  • Master of Falconhurst

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    Falconhurst - 3

    MASTER OF FALCONHURST shatters the genteel image of the South and lays bare the savage truth about slave and slave-breeding . . . about plantations like Falconhurst where the cash crop was black flesh, where human beings were stripped bare in the mar...

  • Child of the Sun

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    CHILD OF THE SUN tells the story of the youth Varius Avitus Bassianus, destined to become Emperor of the Roman empire. Varius spurned women. His erotic longings searched out a very different kind of love. Whatever or whomever he fancied was quickly o...

  • Falconhurst Fancy

  • The Black Sun

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

Kyle Onstott has published 6 books.

Kyle Onstott does not have a new book coming out soon. The latest book, Falconhurst Fancy, was published in June 1981.

The first book by Kyle Onstott, Mandingo, was published in January 1957.

No. Kyle Onstott does not write books in series.
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