Background
Marshall was born on August 28, 1894 in Rensselaer, Indiana. He grew up in Medford, Oregon, and attended the University of Oregon from 1913 to 1916.
Marshall was born on August 28, 1894 in Rensselaer, Indiana. He grew up in Medford, Oregon, and attended the University of Oregon from 1913 to 1916.
Student of University of Oregon, 1913-1915, honorary Master of Arts, University of Oregon, 1941.
He served in the United States. Army with the rank of second lieutenant. His 1917 World War I draft registration card indicated he was a "professional writer" employed by The American Magazine and The Saturday Evening Post, and that he was missing his thumb on his left hand. In 1926, they moved to Augusta, Georgia.
Foreign some of his work, he used the pseudonym Hall Hunter.
His novel Benjamin Blake was adapted into a film in 1942, Son of Fury, starring Tyrone Power. Another one Yankee Pasha-The Adventures of Jason Starbuck was adapted into the film Yankee Pasha, starring Mamie Van Doren in 1954 as was The Vikings, starring Kirk Douglas, in 1958.
He died on October 29, 1967 in Augusta.
Fellow International Academy Arts and Letters. Member Sigma Upsilon and Delta Tau Delta. Republican; Clubs: Attic, Augusta Country.
Married Agnes Sharp Flythe, January 6, 1920. Children: Edison, Nancy.