Daniel Pratt Mannix IV, usually called Daniel P. Mannix (October 27 1911-January 29 1997), was a Pennsylvania-born author and journalist whose best-known work is the 1967 novel "The Fox and the Hound" on which the Disney film "The Fox and the Hound" was based. His work ranged through animal stories for children, books about hunting, and sensational adult topics (which have given him a cult readership) such as Aleister Crowley, … Wikipedia
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