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George Clifford Shedd (1877 January 8, 1937) was an early 20th-century American writer. Several of his novels were adapted into films. His novel The Incorrigible Dukane (1911) was made into a film starring John Barrymore in 1915,[1] and In the Shadow of the Hills (1919) was adapted for the screen as Cold Steel (1921).[2]

Shedd's novella Ships Triumphant was serialized in The Argosy in 1918
Shedd's novella "Ships Triumphant" was serialized in The Argosy in 1918

Shedd was born in Ashland, Nebraska, the son of Hibbard H. Shedd, who served as Lieutenant Governor of Nebraska, and Katherine Lee Graves. He graduated from the University of Nebraska in 1900, and married Alice Nelson Shedd in 1921.[2] He died of a heart attack at his home in Los Angeles.[2]


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  1. "Hereby Hang Many Tales". The New York Times. 3 December 1911.
  2. "George Clifford Shedd: Several of His Novels Were Used as Motion Picture Stories". Obituaries. The New York Times. Associated Press. 10 January 1937.





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