Lester Dent
Lester Dent (1904 - 1959) was a prolific pulp fiction author of numerous stories, best known as the main author of the series of stories about the superhuman scientist and adventurer, Doc Savage. Doc Savage stories were carried in a popular magazine of the same name and were popular with younger readers. All stories were credited to the pseudonym Kenneth Robeson and written by several authors, the vast majority by Dent. Dent was born in La Plata, Missouri. Philip Jose Farmer includes a good deal of biographical material on Dent in his book , including the assertion that Dent invented an early form of portable metal detector.
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1904 - 1959 - Pulp fiction - Superhuman - Scientist - Adventurer - Doc Savage - Pseudonym - Kenneth Robeson - La Plata, Missouri - Philip Jose Farmer - Metal detector
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