Qilbi Who was Loriiner? 



CogginsJ He was the founder of the Saturday Evening Post « 

 M0 ¥«« the editor who built it» made it what It 

 was and Ist^^ I had Imown him allghtly in Philadelphia* 

 He invited me over to the St» Francis for cocktails. 

 He Introduced me to a new young writer, Peter Kyne, 

 1ihOf he said 9 was going to be a good writer* That 

 was the first I met him, Peter Kyne lived In 

 Berkeley* I used to meet him on the street and 

 ohoe in awhile we had lunch together* He told me 

 about things he was writing and about people* 



But he'd grown up In the country down near 

 Half Moon Bay dnd wanted to be a writer* He did 

 write and he was very successful. He was one of 

 the big money makers* 



Gllbs He did make a lot of money? 



Coggins: Oh yes* 



Gilbt What tort of things did he write? 



Coggins t Well* sea stories and his Cappy Hick series ran 

 through the Post * It was published in book fona* 

 Then he wrote the Valley of the Giants ^ ^ieh was 

 afterwards a moving pletare. Later, I ttilnk, he 

 went down to Hollywood and worked for the moving 

 ploture companle«« After a few years he apparently 



