Marching Sands

Overview: Harold Albert Lamb (Sept 1, 1892–Apr 9, 1962) was born in Alpine, New Jersey. He attended Columbia University, where his interest in the peoples and history of Asia began. He built a career with his writing from an early age. He got his start in the pulp magazines, quickly moving to the prestigious Adventure magazine, his primary fiction outlet for nineteen years. The editor of Adventure, Arthur Sullivant Hoffman, praised Lamb's writing ability, describing him as "always the scholar first, the good fictionist second."