And Ride a Tiger

This is not a Print-on-Demand or facsimile book. It was published by G. P. Putnam's Sons, New York and printed in 1951 by Van Rees Press. Five hundred copies were specially bound and autographed for friends of the author. It is a hardcover book issued with a dust jacket. It was written by Robert Ingersoll Wilder (1901 - 1974), an American novelist, playwright and screenwriter. Wilder traveled widely and contributed stories to The New Yorker, among other magazines. Two of his plays were Sweet Chariot, based on the life and career of African-American activist Marcus Garvey, and Stardust, both produced on Broadway, at a time when Wilder was living in Bayside, New York. Probably Wilder's best-known book is the 1942 novel "Flamingo Road." Wilder wrote the screenplay for the epic Western The Big Country in 1958. His papers are at the Gottlieb Library at Boston University. And Ride a Tiger was made into the movie A Stranger in My Arms. The story of Air Force test pilot Pike Yarnell , Donald Beasley, Donald's younger sister Pat, and Donald's widow Christina.