Crockett, Lucy Herndon, 1914-[2002]
Dates
- Existence: 1914 - 2002
Biographical Note
Lucy Herndon Crockett (born 4 April 1914 in Honolulu, Hawaii) was a Red Cross worker in the Pacific during World War II. She travelled as a speech writer and secretary for the chairman of the American Red Cross. An author of nine books, illustrator and designer, she wrote the 1954 book The Magnificent Bastards about her experiences with the U.S. Marine Corps (the book was later made into a film) and Popcorn on the Ginza about her time in occupied Japan. Later in her life, she lived in Seven Mile Ford, Virginia.
Chronology:
Bibliography- 1939
- Lucio and His Nuong: A Tale of the Philippine Islands
- 1940
- Capitan: The Story of an Army Mule
- 1941
- The Mario
- 1942
- Uncle Bouqui of Haiti
- 1949
- Popcorn on the Ginza: An Informal Portrait of Postwar Japan
- 1950
- Teru: A Tale of Yokohama
- 1953
- The Magnificent Bastards (Made into a movie titled The Proud and Profane)
- 1960
- The Year Something Almost Happened in Pinoso
- 1963
- Pong Choolie You Rascal!
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers,
The Lucy Herndon Crockett Papers consists of type and manuscript versions of some of Crockett's published and unpublished novels, her illustrations and art for her publications, and a small group of personal papers and papers about her. Materials date from about 1940 to 2015.