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The hosts explained that the 1970 film was based on a 1968 paperback novel about three army doctors, written by veteran surgeon Richard H. Hornberger under the pen name Richard Hooker. They noted the book was a loose collection of anecdotes that was later expanded with a cowriter.
the movie was optioned from a book written in 1968 called MASH colon, a novel about three army doctors by a MASH veteran doctor named Dr. Richard H. Hornberger under a pseudonym Richard Hooker.
— Episode: M*A*S*H: The Story of the 4077th
Episode: M*A*S*H: The Story of the 4077th
The hosts explained that the 1970 film was based on a 1968 paperback novel about three army doctors, written by veteran surgeon Richard H. Hornberger under the pen name Richard Hooker. They noted the book was a loose collection of anecdotes that was later expanded with a cowriter.
the movie was optioned from a book written in 1968 called MASH colon, a novel about three army doctors by a MASH veteran doctor named Dr. Richard H. Hornberger under a pseudonym Richard Hooker.
He added a cowriter named W.C. Heinz when it became pretty clear that his book was a bit of a mess because it sounds like it was just sort of a group of stories about his experience in the 8055th MASH unit.
It was actually a book.
He wrote 14 MASH novels. The first one was called MASH in Maine, which published the same year the TV show ended up premiering.