Philip Van Doren Stern (September 10, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American writer, editor, and Civil War historian whose story “The Greatest Gift“, published in 1943, inspired the classic Christmas film It’s a Wonderful Life (1946).
1951 Farrar hardcover as Love Is the One with Wings
1951 Signet reissue – first paperback release
published in the UK in 1952 as It’s Always Too Late to Mend and in 1955 as Manhunt
cover art by Darcy (Ernest Chiriacka)
SMB Noir 