Talk:Gordon Landsborough

Atheist (was untitled)

When Gordon joined-up, he was required to state his religion. Gordon answered 'Atheist', since 'Atheist' wasn't a religion, his religion as recorded by the army was 'Atheist stroke C. of E.'

I'm not sure how to reference this. Some background is required. As a family, we got to know Gordon through his son Euan, who I knew when I was at school. We knew Gordon 'nodrog' as a publisher. This was the only part of his military career that he mentioned to us, and everyone of that age would have had some involvement during WW2. We knew the family quite well and even went on holiday with them to France and stayed friends, but lost contact some years before his death. We have since discovered he was a war hero and prolific author. He was a great man. Presumably he was very conscious that his stories would easily trump anyone else's, so he limited what he said out of modesty. Although it may have been out of concern for divulging facts that were still military secrets. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Totally screwed (talk • contribs) 07:24, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

If it is not referenced in what Wikipedia deems to be a reliable source then it will have to go unreferenced, and possibly removed if someone objects to its inclusion. This is a classic truth vs verifiability issue. – ukexpat (talk) 14:49, 15 January 2010 (UTC)

If someone can put me in contact with his son Euan. I can prove who I am. Both Euan and I know which school we were at and where we went on holiday. Would that be enough?Totally screwed (talk) 19:38, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

No, because for a source to be reliable for Wikipedia purposes it has to be published. Personal recollections, even of family members, are not sufficient. Please take a look at WP:RS.--ukexpat (talk) 19:43, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Pseudonyms

As I understand the list of works at a glance, we show first publications under 11 names other than Gordon Landsborough and give some more names in the annotations.

Novels (8)

Mike M'Cracken

Tom Gordon

G-Man Greer

Alan Holmes

LG Holmes

Tex McQuaid

Joe P Heggy (House name)

Duke Montana (House name)

Other (3)

Lan Holmes

Gregory M Warren

J. J. Putz

Library of Congress Authorities (see Gordon Landsborough#External links) and LC Catalog contain records under names Gordon Landsborough and six others: Philip Cornwell, L.G. Holmes, Mike M'Cracken, Brian Park, Drew Mara, Ian James Bonney, of which two are among our primary listings above. (hastily: 4 LC Catalog records for Landsborough and none, only notes, for the others) --P64 (talk) 23:23, 28 March 2022 (UTC)

As a boy in the early 1960s I read a western by Gordon Landsborough about a prize fighter named Steve Blondel. It was titled The Fighting Cowboy. I recently bought the Kindle edition on Amazon. I don't see it listed here. Could it have been previously issued under another name (in which case "Blood On His Gloves" seems like a promising candidate)? I understand that Mr. Landsborough's daughter Diana wrote hios Wikipedia entry. Maybe she'd be able to clarify that? many thanks and Best regards, David Graham Grahamcallander (talk) 20:10, 4 June 2023 (UTC)