- James R. Webb was born on October 4, 1910 in Denver, Colorado, USA. He was a writer, known for How the West Was Won (1962), Cape Fear (1962) and Cape Fear (1991). He died on September 27, 1974 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Educated at Stanford University.
- During World War II, Webb served in North Africa as personal aide to General Lloyd R. Fredendall, the commander of the U.S. Second Corps. He was present during the defeat of the American forces at the battle of Kasserine Pass, after which Fredendall was relieved of command and sent back to the U.S..
- (1962-1963) President of the Writers Guild of America, West (WGAw)
- During the 1930's, he was a fiction writer for a number of national magazines, including Colliers, Cosmopolitan and the Saturday Evening Post.
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