Kenneth Latour

Very little confirmed biographical information about Kenneth Latour appears to be readily available in major public sources. What can be verified is that he was an early 20th-century writer whose work appeared in popular magazines, and that his novella The Last Crash was published in The Popular Magazine in December 1923 before later becoming available through Project Gutenberg.

Magazine records from the 1920s also show other pieces by Kenneth Latour, including aviation-themed work such as The Crew Chief States and a later novel announcement for The Hoodoo Kiwi. Those references suggest he wrote for the pulp-magazine audience and had a strong interest in stories about airmen, flight, and adventure.

Because so little personal history is clearly documented, the best way to approach Kenneth Latour is through the fiction itself: brisk, imaginative storytelling from the early age of aviation, when flying still felt new, risky, and almost magical.