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Buffalo Times, 183
But Look the Morn (Kantor, M.), 31–32, 40, 45–46, 73, 76, 205
Cagney, James, 2, 256
Capone, Al, 53
Cedar Rapids Republican, 132, 134, 135, 136, 143, 144, 265
Cerf, Bennett, 354
Cermak, Anton, 115–16
Chamberlain, Neville, 260
Chicago Tribune, 54, 55, 71, 109, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 119, 134, 147, 224, 305, 339
Christian Science Monitor, 305
Cincinnati Enquirer, 133
Civil War, 4, 16, 23, 99, 134, 154, 189, 190–91, 199–206, 240, 244, 245, 246, 258, 262, 290, 292, 337, 358. See also historical novels
Cody, Buffalo Bill, 154
Coffey, Thomas, 25
College Humor magazine, 144, 150, 178
Collins, Floyd, 107–8, 109–11, 112, 115, 119, 264
Columbia Pictures, 302, 354
Commager, Henry Steele, 16
Community magazine, 145–46
Comstock, Anthony, 244
Consumers Packing, 59, 60–62, 155, 156
Cooper, Merian, 258
Costa Rican extramarital affair, Mack’s, 228–29, 230, 232, 233, 234, 244, 253
Coward, Thomas “Tim,” 169–71, 174–75, 184–85, 186, 191, 197, 206, 215, 245–46, 254–55, 277–78, 278–79, 291
Cowles, Mike, 314–15, 316
“Creature” letter, Irene’s, 241–42, 243
Crews, Harry, 63–66, 70, 91
Cuba, 6, 235, 282–83, 285, 286, 288, 346, 351, 366
Curtis, James, 355
Dallas Times Herald, 313–14
Daniels, Jonathan, 207
Darrow, Clarence, 222
Day of the Jackal (Forsyth), 293
“Death Without Sting” (Alexander), 220–21
DeMille, Cecil B., 208
DeMolay Councillor, 131
Des Moines, Iowa, 34, 35, 72, 75–76, 82, 184, 186, 187, 188, 197, 209, 259, 330, 382
Des Moines Register, 93, 94, 95, 154, 314
Dietrich, Marlene, 269
Diversey (Kantor, M.), 147–51, 153, 167–68, 169, 171, 172–74, 178, 181, 183–84, 186, 215, 217
Don’t Touch Me (Kantor, M.), 288
Dooley, Mr. (Dunne), 338
Doubleday, 354
Drake University, 34, 35, 36, 38, 336
Dramatics magazine, 271
Dreiser, Theodore, 292
Drouin, Norman A., 266
Dunaway, Faye, 256
Dylan, Bob, 65
Eisenhower, Dwight D., 22
emotional distance, 357–58
Empire State Building poem (Kantor, M.), 4, 336
Evans, R. Tripp, 139, 141
Factor, John “Jake the Barber,” 30
Falk, Peter, 336
Farewell to Arms, A (Hemingway), 208
Farquhar, James S., 132, 134, 143–44
Fate magazine, 187
Faulkner, William, 290
Feast of Snakes, A (Crews), 65
February (Wood), 143
Fish, Stanley, 271
Fisher, M. F. K., 292
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 137, 341–42
“Floyd Collins’ Cave” (Kantor, M.), 109–11, 112, 115, 119, 145, 264
focus and drive, re writing, 198, 291, 295, 296, 323
Foreign Policy, 352
“Forever Walking Free” (Kantor, M.), 383–84
Forsyth, Frederick, 293
Fort Myers News-Press, 86, 133, 364
For Whom the Bell Tolls (Hemingway), 283, 302, 304
Four of Them, The (Shroder, L.), 312, 318–19, 319–20, 321–22, 323
Freeman-Tribune, 27, 75
Friede, Donald, 254–55, 277–78, 292, 293, 298, 303, 304, 335, 338, 357
Friede, Eleanor Kask, 303
From Here to Eternity (movie), 355
Gallagher, BJ, 301
genetics, and alcoholism, 332–33
Gentle Annie (Kantor, M.), 253–54, 255, 256, 260
Getlysburg, PA, “emotional wallop” on Mack, 197, 382
Ghost Writer, The (Roth), 91–92
ghostwriting, 6, 24, 25–26, 149–50, 352–54, 363–64
“Ginny-wabbit,” “Ginny Angel,” 235–36, 238, 239, 242, 288
Glory for Me (Kantor, M.), 1, 270–74, 275–77, 278, 279
Gold-Copper Trove, 156–57, 157–58, 159
Goldwyn, Sam, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 277, 278
Gone with the Wind, 1, 207, 255, 258, 273
Good Housekeeping magazine, 346
Graeme Players, 116–17, 118–19, 124, 132, 138
“Graft and Grafters” (Kantor, J.), 51
Graham, Nan Wood, 141
Grant Wood: A Life (Tripp), 139
Great Depression, 188, 199, 209, 251, 289, 362
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner (movie), 355
Gun Crazy (movie), 256–57, 258
Hahne, Fred, 72, 82, 83, 86, 99, 100
Half Jew (Kantor, M.), 184–85, 189
Hamilton County (Kantor, M.), 84–85, 96, 362, 385
Hamlet (Shakespeare), 47
Hark, 236, 237–38, 238–39, 242, 268, 329
Harlow, Jean, 292
Hartford, John, 225
Harvey, Karen, 117
Hellman, Lillian, 273
Hemingway, Ernest, 2, 85, 137, 185, 208, 232, 282–83, 284, 285–88, 290, 292, 302, 304, 306, 315, 329, 341–42, 369, 377, 386
Hemingway, Mary, 283, 284, 287
Hemingway’s Boat (Hendrickson), 284
Hendrickson, Paul, 284
Hepburn, Katharine, 355
Hibbs, Ben, 261, 264
Hill, James B., 284–85
Hillenbrand, Laura, 265
historical novels, 2, 207, 245, 295, 300, 315, 337, 341, 358. See also Civil War; specific titles
History of Hamilton County, Iowa, 73
Hoffman, Charley, 95
Hollywood, 255–58, 259, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 354–55, 369
Houghton Mifflin, 322
Howard, Sidney, 273
HuffPost, 301
Ibiza, Spain, 67, 69, 70
“I’d make a lousy old man,” 260
I Love You, Irene (Kantor, M.), 47, 56, 229, 362, 374
Independent Florida Alligator, 89–90, 91
Indian Wars, 73, 201–2, 203, 205
In Russet Mantle Clad (Kantor, M.), 47, 60
insurance graft, John Kantor, 36, 37, 38, 52, 164–65, 166–67
Iowa State Highway Commission, 80–81, 82
Ives, Burl, 2, 336, 369
James Madison Memorial, 17, 18, 76, 133
Jaybird (Kantor, M.), 189, 190–91
Jefferson, Thomas, 17
Johnson, Alva, 272
Johnson, Jack, 53
Johnson, Lyndon, 348, 351
Jones, Charles, 101, 102, 105
Kanter Girls, The, 45, 46
Kantor, Arvid (John’s brother), 313
Kantor, Carol Layne “Layne-o” (Mack and Irene’s daughter), 1, 32, 160, 161, 172, 175, 176, 178, 184, 187–88, 191–92, 193–94, 215, 289, 318, 320–21. See also Shroder, Carol
Kantor, Effie McKinlay (Mack’s mother)
abandonment by John, 2, 26, 29, 33–34, 35–36, 40, 44, 50
appearance of, 34, 35, 36
belief in Mack, 82, 151, 153–54, 186, 206–7, 232, 300
death of, 120, 187, 188–89, 191
finances of, 41, 46, 47–48, 59, 82, 112
“Floyd Collins’ Cave,” 112, 115, 145
health of, 120, 121, 145, 186, 187
John and, 34, 35, 38, 41–43, 44, 47–48, 55, 58
–59, 59–60, 62, 75, 94, 99, 155, 156, 164, 188, 336
Mack and, 100–104, 105–6, 122, 129–30, 131, 170–71, 186
newspaper editor, 71, 72, 73, 82–83, 93, 94, 95, 99, 100, 132
writing by, 73–74, 74–75, 145–46
Kantor, Irene Layne (Mack’s wife). See also Layne, Irene
Andersonville and, 298, 316, 317
appearance of, 3, 119, 120, 159, 229, 368
“Calliope” nickname of fetus, 155, 157, 160
“Creature” letter, 241–42, 243
death of, 161, 382, 390
finances of, 370, 371
Hark and, 236, 237–38, 242
health of, 192, 356, 372, 383
I Love You, Irene, 47, 56, 229, 362, 374
John and, 176, 216
Mack and, 118–19, 119–20, 178, 390
marriage of, 121–24, 126, 127, 129–31, 186, 229–30, 231, 241–42, 243
memorial, Mack’s, 382–83, 383–84, 389
Molly and Bruin stories, 294
Montreal and, 156–60
painting by, 119, 131, 230, 236, 238, 239, 243, 297, 389, 390
pregnancies of, 151, 153, 155, 157, 158, 172, 188
Tim and, 7, 236, 237, 383, 390
Tom Shroder and, 389–90
William building bungalow for, 389
Kantor, John (Mack’s father)
abandonment of family by, 2, 26, 29, 33–34, 35–36, 40, 44, 50
Adam and, 163, 164–65, 166, 177, 215
appearance of, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 44, 48, 49–50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58, 160, 167, 215, 220, 314, 368
charisma of, 159, 162, 167, 314
Chicago visits with family, 41–43, 47–48, 55, 57–58, 58–59, 157
con artist, 2, 30, 31, 34–35, 35–38, 39, 48–49, 51, 52, 54–55, 59, 60–62, 75, 76, 77, 81, 155, 156, 164–65, 166–67, 179, 180, 212–15, 216–17, 218–22, 224–26, 232, 289
death of, 48–49, 185, 312, 313–14, 317
drinking disdained by, 325–26, 335
Effie and, 34, 35, 38, 41–43, 44, 47–48, 55, 58–59, 75, 94, 99, 155, 156, 164, 188, 336
hated by Mack, 2, 29–30, 32, 47, 48, 58, 176–77, 179, 182, 188, 216, 217, 312–13
Irene and, 176, 216
Jewish heritage, 21, 33, 34, 36, 52
Joseph’s death and, 179–80
letters of victims, 164–65, 166, 177, 182
“let them eat cake” dinner, 29–30
lifestyle of wealth, 42, 48, 252
Mack and, 59–60, 62, 75, 94, 158, 159–60, 215–16, 217–18
Mack originally to be named after, 33, 99, 165, 176
politics, 52–54, 55, 59, 60, 115, 116, 222, 225
restitution paid by, 219, 221, 225
storytelling gift of, 159, 219, 220–21, 226, 232, 314
Tom Shroder and, 2–3
Virginia and, 41–43, 45, 46, 47–48, 55, 58–59, 59–60, 62, 75, 94
Kantor, Joseph (Mack’s grandfather), 178–79, 179–80
Kantor, Lydia (Tim’s daughter), 331–32
Kantor, MacKinlay “Mack” (Tom’s grandfather), childhood, 369. See also But Look the Morn
abandonment by John, 2, 26, 29, 33–34, 35–36, 40, 44, 50
bicycle never sent by John, 40–41, 42, 43, 68, 69, 188
birth of, 32–33, 34–35, 39, 99, 165
butterfly collections, 26, 56, 81
candy addiction of, 26, 42, 43
car accident, 100–104, 105–6, 108, 109, 115, 116, 158, 260, 262
catcher’s gear gift from John, 45, 46
Charley Morean drowning, 56–58
Chicago visits with John, 41–43, 47–48, 55, 57–58, 58–59, 157
floating lanterns, 5
originally to be named John, 33, 99, 165, 176
war veteran lie, 76–78, 80, 105, 262
Kantor, MacKinlay “Mack” (Tom’s grandfather), family, xi. See also specific Bones, Kantors, McKinlays, and Shroders
Kantor, MacKinlay “Mack” (Tom’s grandfather), personal
affairs, 228–29, 230–31, 232, 233, 234, 235–36, 238, 239, 241–42, 243–45, 246–50, 253, 278, 288, 322, 353
appearance of, 105, 119, 144, 197, 231–32, 246, 267, 269, 282, 305, 306, 347, 364–65, 368
close friends of, 298, 299
“Dear Everyone,” 242–43, 300, 363
death of, 10, 13, 14, 17, 241, 345, 369–70, 371, 372–75, 382
dogs and, 4, 308–10, 311, 367, 371–72
drinking of, 2, 3, 4, 8, 325–31, 335, 345, 361, 366, 367, 369, 370, 386
flying fear of, 265, 268
good messages, life-changing, 132, 134
health of, 6, 8–10, 344–45, 356, 362, 369–70
hero, 76–78, 80, 105, 173, 262, 345, 352
jobs, 80–81, 82, 86, 116, 131, 132, 133, 146
last words of, 10, 14, 373, 374–75
leg injury, 100–104, 105–6, 108, 109, 115, 116, 150, 158, 260, 356
lifestyle of wealth, 2, 3, 8, 42, 252, 253, 256, 289, 342, 367
memorial service, 382–83, 383–84, 389
miracles, believing in, 367, 369
Missouri float trip, 343–44
nervous breakdown, 252–53
poker player, 147–48, 343, 344
politics, 6, 7, 115–16, 222, 347–50, 353–54, 387
racism, 349–50
Scottish heritage, 33
sex, infidelity views, 230–31, 234, 244, 322
teeth problems, 26, 189–90, 365
temper, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 321
tombstone, 383–84
Kantor, MacKinlay “Mack” (Tom’s grandfather), war correspondent, 260–61. See also World War II
Air Force and, 4, 6, 19, 262–63, 264, 265–67, 268, 269, 274–75, 286, 331, 342, 344, 351–52, 368
Bailey poem, 262–64, 273
Buchenwald and, 19–23, 26, 290, 370
Curtis LeMay, 6, 24, 25–26, 262, 267, 274, 348, 350–51, 352–54, 369
gunnery school, 264–65
Hark, 236, 237–38, 238–39, 268, 329
Korean War, 4, 286
Medal of Freedom, 267–69, 288, 351
Richard H. Little and, 111, 113–14, 132
Kantor, MacKinlay “Mack” (Tom’s grandfather), writer, 82. See also Civil War; specific titles
decline, 342, 345–47, 354, 360, 362–65
editors vs., 171–72
Emma’s letters to, 218–20, 225–26
fame of, 1, 2, 3, 8, 10, 12, 85, 232, 246, 288, 305–6, 318, 326, 335–36, 342, 371, 374, 377–78
finances, 7–8, 148, 149, 150, 158, 184, 185, 186, 189, 190, 191–92, 194, 195–96, 197, 206, 252, 254, 288–89, 290, 366–68, 373
ghostwriting and, 6, 24, 25–26, 149–50, 352–54, 363–64
Hollywood, 255–58, 259, 271, 272, 273, 274, 276, 278, 279, 354–55, 369
literary success of, 1, 3, 13, 29, 93, 97, 108–9, 111, 208–9, 251, 288
money made by, 93, 94, 96, 108, 109, 116, 131, 134, 146, 155, 186, 190, 195, 196, 208, 251, 253, 255, 293, 302, 304, 338, 354, 358, 363, 366, 369
Montreal job, 156–60, 180–81, 217–18
newspaper reporter, 71, 72, 83, 85–87, 86, 93, 100, 115, 132, 134, 136–37, 143, 144, 265, 314
poet, 4, 109–12, 113, 114, 145, 150, 154, 336
Pulitzer Prize, 1, 2, 63, 247, 270, 314–16, 317, 321, 335, 345, 350, 353, 356, 362
“real modern” stories, 346
storytelling by, 6, 201, 226, 232, 342–43
Kantor, Seth (Arvid’s son), 313–14
Kantor, Thomas MacKinlay “Tim” (Mack and Irene’s son)
childhood of, 1, 289
Ernest Hemingway an
d, 282, 283
Glory for Me and, 275
health of, 331, 332
Irene and, 7, 236, 237, 383, 390
Mack and, 7, 229, 230–31, 234, 244, 331, 332, 372
My Father’s Voice, 41, 254, 260, 283, 321, 326–27, 330–31, 367
naming of, 169, 191
photography, 69, 84, 330, 331, 344, 362
Kantor, Virginia (Mack’s sister)
abandonment by John, 2, 26, 29, 33–34, 35–36, 40, 44, 50
childhood of, 1, 229
Effie’s health and, 120, 121
Jim Sours (husband), 149
John and, 41–43, 45, 46, 47–48, 55, 58–59, 59–60, 62, 75, 94
Long Remember and, 206
Mack and, 122–24, 192, 227, 228–29, 230, 232, 233, 234, 252, 260
Mack (son), 153
Kauffmann, Stanley, 339
Kaufman, Millard, 257
Keffer, Frederic, 22
Kelly, Emmett, 336
Kendall Young Library, 241, 243
Kennedy, John F., 6, 313, 348, 351
Keyes, Mrs., 216
King, Martin Luther Jr., 360
King Kong (movie), 258
Kirkus, 339, 359, 365
Kirsch, Robert, 365
knitting needle and abscess story, 201, 202, 203
Korean War, 4, 286
Kramer, Stanley, 354–55
Ku Klux Klan, 350
Landis, Kenesaw Mountain, 61, 62
Landon, Alf, 347
Last words, Mack’s, 10, 14, 373, 374–75
Layne, Charles (Irene’s father), 120, 121
Layne, Irene, 118–24, 126, 127, 176. See also Kantor, Irene
Layne, Kenny (Irene’s brother), 120–21, 176
Lazarus, Emma, 336
“Leather Gods” (Kantor, M.), 119
Lee, Gypsy Rose, 336
LeMay, Curtis, 6, 24, 25–26, 262, 267, 274, 348, 350–51, 352–54, 369
“let them eat cake” dinner, 29–30
Lewis, Joseph H., 257
Lewis, Sinclair, 137
Library of Congress, 13, 15, 17–30, 35, 47, 71, 76, 78, 86, 93, 99, 125, 132, 140, 144, 161, 162, 163, 182, 184, 188, 195, 236, 241, 243, 245, 248, 264, 272, 275, 281, 286, 304, 307, 347, 364, 366, 368–69, 378
Life, 305, 342
“Line O’Type or Two,” Chicago Tribune, 71, 109, 111, 113, 114, 119, 147
Little, Richard Henry, 111, 113–14, 132
Lobo (Kantor, M.) and dog, 308–10, 311
London, Jack, 50
Long Remember (Kantor, M.), 189, 190–91, 206, 207–8, 209, 212, 213, 215, 216, 245, 251, 253, 255, 258, 262, 272, 283, 300, 350, 364, 370, 382
Look magazine, 303, 314
Lord Calvert ad, 305–6
Los Angeles Times, 365