Eric Scott(1906-1976)

Eric Scott is an award winning author. Wrote "Down the Rivers, Westward Ho" which won the Western Heritage Award for Best Juvenile Literature in 1967. Also, using the name, Eric Lucas, he wrote, Voyage Thirteen, The Swamp Fox Brigade and, Corky. He was originally an attorney in New York City. Born Paul Greenberg in New York in 1906, he came from a family of 7 children - the first six were boys and finally a sister. Two of his sons are also in "the business." Tom Greene is a producer, writer and director. Robert V. Greene (Corky Greene) is a TV producer, director, writer, musician actor and educator. Over the years Mr. Scott drew on his many different experiences as an attorney, probation officer, vocational counselor, father and husband, writer for numerous magazines, newspapers, TV shows, his years in the merchant marine during World War II as a pharmacist mate, and as a fledgling rancher after World War II. And finally, he was one hell of a funny guy. Think of the Marx Brothers all rolled into one.