Arthur H. Landis
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Arthur Harold Landis was a fantasy, fiction and non-fiction author.
performers, Landis later travelled throughout the American West working at a variety of jobs. In 1937 he enlisted in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
of the International Brigade in Spain during the civil war
, serving as a scout and artillery spotter. He served in the battles of Aragon
and Teruel
and before departing Spain was able load his unit's archives on the unit onto a ship that left the country.
In 1965 Landis wrote a fantasy novel A World Called Camelot. He later published sequels Camelot in Orbit (1978) and The Magick of Camelot (1981) as well as the thematically similar Home to Avalon (1982).
In 1967 Landis published his non fiction book The Abraham Lincoln Brigade that was the result of many years of research and interviews with survivors of the Brigade.
Landis and Mandy Harriman, a fellow International Brigade veteran started Camelot Publishing, whose product included the magazines Coven 13 that printed a variety of fantasy and witchcraft stories including the two part story Let There Be Magick under the nom de plume of James R. Keaveny that was another name for A World Called Camelot. He also published Dealer's Voice a motorcycle magazine.
In 1972 he published Spain the Unfinished Revolution through Camelot publishing. He was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples
by the Soviet Union.
Two years after his death, Death in the Olive Groves: American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 a re-edited and shorter version of his The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was published.
Biography
Born to a family of vaudevilleVaudeville
Vaudeville was a theatrical genre of variety entertainment in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s. Each performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill...
performers, Landis later travelled throughout the American West working at a variety of jobs. In 1937 he enlisted in the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
Mackenzie-Papineau Battalion
The Mackenzie–Papineau Battalion or Mac-Paps were a battalion of Canadians who fought as part of the XV International Brigade on the Republican side in the Spanish Civil War. Except for France, no other country gave a greater proportion of its population as volunteers in Spain than Canada. The...
of the International Brigade in Spain during the civil war
Spanish Civil War
The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...
, serving as a scout and artillery spotter. He served in the battles of Aragon
Aragon
Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...
and Teruel
Teruel
Teruel is a town in Aragon, eastern Spain, and the capital of Teruel Province. It has a population of 34,240 in 2006 making it one of the least populated provincial capitals in the country...
and before departing Spain was able load his unit's archives on the unit onto a ship that left the country.
In 1965 Landis wrote a fantasy novel A World Called Camelot. He later published sequels Camelot in Orbit (1978) and The Magick of Camelot (1981) as well as the thematically similar Home to Avalon (1982).
In 1967 Landis published his non fiction book The Abraham Lincoln Brigade that was the result of many years of research and interviews with survivors of the Brigade.
Landis and Mandy Harriman, a fellow International Brigade veteran started Camelot Publishing, whose product included the magazines Coven 13 that printed a variety of fantasy and witchcraft stories including the two part story Let There Be Magick under the nom de plume of James R. Keaveny that was another name for A World Called Camelot. He also published Dealer's Voice a motorcycle magazine.
In 1972 he published Spain the Unfinished Revolution through Camelot publishing. He was awarded the Order of Friendship of Peoples
Order of Friendship of Peoples
The Order of Friendship of Peoples was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons , organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in strengthening of inter-ethnic and international friendship and cooperation, for...
by the Soviet Union.
Two years after his death, Death in the Olive Groves: American Volunteers in the Spanish Civil War 1936-1939 a re-edited and shorter version of his The Abraham Lincoln Brigade was published.