William Dudley Pelley
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| William Dudley Pelley | |
|---|---|
 c. 1929 | |
| Born | 12 April 1885 [1] Lynn, Massachusetts |
| Died | 30 June 1965 (80) Noblesville, Indiana |
| Nationality | American |
| Affiliations | Order of '76; Silver Legion; Christian Party; Soulcraft Fellowship |
| Known for | Nazi-influenced politics,[2] antisemitism, founding the Silver Legion, etc. |
William Dudley Pelley (April 12, 1885 - June 30, 1965) was an American journalist, author and screen writer, Fascist political organiser (as founder of the Silver Legion, or Silver Shirts), Spiritualist medium, and, finally, saucerian (as founder of the Soulcraft Fellowship).
Selected Bibliography
as Author
- Pelley, William Dudley (1919), The Greater Glory, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company
- Pelley, William Dudley (1921), The Fog: a Novel, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company
- Pelley, William Dudley (1925), Drag: a Comedy, Boston: Little, Brown, and Company
- Pelley, William Dudley (1929), Golden Rubbish
- Pelley, William Dudley (1929), Seven Minutes in Eternity, New York: Robert Collier, Inc., http://www.iapsop.com/ssoc/1929__pelley___seven_minutes_in_eternity.pdf
- Pelley, William Dudley (1939), No More Hunger: Presenting the Christian Commonwealth, Asheville, N.C.: The Pelley Publishers
- Pelley, William Dudley (1939), The Door to Revelation: An Autobiography, Asheville, N.C.: The Pelley Publishers
- Pelley, William Dudley (1942), Why I Believe the Dead Are Alive, Indianapolis: Fellowship Press
- Pelley, William Dudley (1950), Soulcraft Scripts: A Post-Graduate Education in the Eternal Verities, 1-12, Fellowship Press
- Pelley, William Dudley (1950), Star Guests: Design for Mortality, Noblesville, Indiana: Soulcraft Chapels
- Pelley, William Dudley (1952), Something Better: How to Bring in the Christian Commonwealth, Noblesville, Indiana: Soulcraft Chapels
- Pelley, William Dudley (1954), Beyond Grandeur: Design for Immortality, Noblesville, Indiana: Soulcraft Chapels
- Pelley, William Dudley (1955), Undying Mind, Noblesville, Indiana: Soulcraft Chapels
Short Stories
- "The Face in the Window" (1920), winner of O. Henry Award
- "My Seven Minutes in Eternity" (1928) - near death experience
- "The Continental Angle" (1930), winner of O. Henry Award
Film Scripts
- A Case at Law (1917)
- What Women Love (1920)
- Back Fire (1922)
- As a Man Lives (1923)
as Editor
- Pelley, William Dudley, ed., Valor Magazine (Noblesville, Ind.: Soulcraft Fellowship)
Resources
- Lobb, David (Winter 2000), "Fascist Apocalypse: William Pelley and Millennial Extremism", Journal of Millennial Studies (Boston: Center for Millennial Studies) 2 (2), http://www.mille.org/publications/winter2000/lobb.PDF
- Beekman, Scott (2005), William Dudley Pelley: A Life in Right-Wing Extremism and the Occult, New York: Syracuse University Press
References
- ↑ "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVV3-1P5V : 13 December 2015), William Dudley Pelley, 1965; Burial, Noblesville, Hamilton, Indiana, United States of America, Crownland Cemetery; citing record ID 7966465, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=7966465
- ↑ Matthews, J.B.; Shallcross, R.E. (1934), "Pelley's Poison", Fascism, New York: League for Industrial Democracy, p. 9-11, https://catalog.hathitrust.org/Record/003864589, "Pelley claims he first learned of Hitler through his "Voices" which guide him constantly. "Writing clairaudiently one day in a New York apartment at their dictation," he says, "I was told of Hitler's existence in Austria as a house painter who was shortly to come to power in Germany.""