Fletcher Knebel
Fletcher Knebel (October 1, 1911 – February 26, 1993) was an American author of popular works of political fiction and a syndicated columnist. His best-known novel, Seven Days in May (1962) was co-authored with Charles W. Bailey) and concerns an attempted military coup in the United States. The book reached number one on The New York Times Bestseller list. A motion picture based on the book was released in 1964. A later fictional work, Night of Camp David (1965), about an American President who goes insane, was reissued in 2018.
Quotes
[edit]- There's no doubt that singer Elvis Presley is going places, but will he arrive all in one piece?
- "Potomac Fever", Minneapolis Star (July 2, 1956), p. 4
- Some versions of this syndicated column omit the word "singer".
- It is now proved beyond doubt that smoking is one of the leading causes of statistics.
- "Potomac Fever", St. Louis Globe-Democrat (January 23, 1960), p. 4
About Knebel
[edit]- Without a doubt Fletcher Knebel is Washington's most widely read and widely-plagiarized commentator on current events. I hope he is so accustomed to having his deft observations used by other speakers that he will excuse my continuing to do so.
- John F. Kennedy "Jester Jabs Government", The Ottawa Citizen (November 2, 1961), p. 13. Originally cited as publicity for Knebel's syndicated column, as in "What They're Saying About Fletcher Knebel", The Daily Journal-Gazette and Commercial Star (Mattoon, IL, June 23, 1959), p. 10.
- The high-lighted passage was used in Knebel's 1993 obituary in The New York Times.
