10 Facts About Fletcher Pratt

Murray Fletcher Pratt was an American writer of history, science fiction, and fantasy.

Fletcher Pratt is best known for his works on naval history and the American Civil War and for fiction written with L Sprague de Camp.

Fletcher Pratt was reported to have told police that his father did not supply him with enough funds to survive at Hobart.

Laurence Manning, Fletcher Pratt's old writing partner from the 1930s, purchased part of the property and moved in next door.

Fletcher Pratt was the inventor of a set of rules for naval wargaming, which he created before the Second World War.

Fletcher Pratt established the literary dining club known as the Trap Door Spiders in 1944.

Fletcher Pratt himself was fictionalized in one story, "To the Barest", as the Widowers' founder, Ralph Ottur.

Fletcher Pratt was a charter member of The Civil War Round Table of New York, organized in 1951, and served as its president from 1953 to 1954.

Fletcher Pratt wrote in a markedly identifiable prose style, reminiscent of the style of Bernard DeVoto.

Several of Fletcher Pratt's books were illustrated by Inga Stephens Fletcher Pratt, his wife.