In 1950, Conrad co-wrote Patterson's memoir, Scottsboro Boy, about his experience as one of the group of nine men accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. This work brought him into contact with Haywood Patterson. As the Harlem Bureau Chief for The Chicago Defender, an African American title, he investigated lynchings in the south. He worked as a journalist for the newspaper PM in New York City, and other papers. Conrad wished to be a writer from a young age, and his early experience included a stint at the Auburn Advertiser-Journal. At least one that he 'ghost' wrote was the autobiography of actor Errol Flynn, titled My Wicked, Wicked Ways. Earl Conrad (17 December 1906 - 17 January 1986), birth name Cohen, was an American author who penned at least twenty works of biography, history, and criticism, including books in collaboration. Inscription reads: To Dick from Earl with best wishes. Bookplate of Richard Allan Yaffe inside front board.
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