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William Wallace Cook was born on 11 April 1867 in Marshall, Michigan, USA. He was a writer, known for The Man Who Played Square (1924), Red Signals (1927) and '49-'17 (1917). He was married to Mary Ackley and Anna Gertrude Slater. He died on 20 July 1933 in Marshall, Michigan, USA.

Story: &quot;The Old West Per Contract&quot; (filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0007610/?ref_=nmwrk">&#39;49-&#39;17 (1917)</a>)

Story: &quot;The Trail of the Billy-Doo&quot; (filmed as <a class="ipc-md-link ipc-md-link--entity" href="/title/tt0009977/?ref_=nmwrk">By Indian Post (1919)</a>).

(1928) Book: &quot;Plotto - A New Method of Plot Suggestion for Writers of Creative Fiction&quot;. Battle Creek: Ellis Publishing.

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