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Joe David Brown (May 12, 1915 – April 22, 1976) was an American novelist and journalist from Birmingham, Alabama. He drew memorably from his own life to compose his fiction: his grandfather's role as a minister, his own knowledge of confidence games from his work as a reporter, his World War II experiences, and his residence on ...
Apr 24, 1976 · Joe David Brown, a bestselling novelist and journalist whose book “Addie Pray” became the basis for the hit movie “Paper Moon” and the television series it spawned, died Thursday night of a heart...
Joe David Brown was a journalist and author, best known for the novel Addie Pray which was adapted into the 1973 film Paper Moon. Brown was the son of William Samuel and Lucille Lokey Brown.
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Jan 1, 1971 · Joe David Brown was a journalist and author, best known for the novel Addie Pray which was adapted into the 1973 film Paper Moon. Brown was the son of William Samuel and Lucille Lokey Brown. He attended the University of Alabama and began his career as a police reporter for the Birmingham Post in the mid-1930s.
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Joe David Brown - a newspaper editor and journalist as well as author - pulled together his personal experiences with his minister grandfather to create the stories in this book, some of which were published in The Saturday Evening Post.
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Mar 30, 2023 · Joe David Brown (1915-1976) was an American novelist who drew from his own life experiences to write fiction. He is best known for Addie Pray, the story of a young con artist in the Great Depression, which became the film Paper Moon.
Joe David Brown (born May 12, 1915 in Birmingham; died April 22, 1976 in Mayfield, Georgia) was a journalist and author, best known for the novel Addie Pray which was adapted into the 1973 film Paper Moon.
