W. E. B. Griffin (1929–2019)
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W. E. B. Griffin is one of eight pseudonyms used by William E. Butterworth III, who was born in Newark, New Jersey on November 10, 1929. He enlisted in the U.S. Army as a private in 1946 and was assigned to the Army of Occupation in Germany. He left the service in 1947 but was recalled to active mostra altro duty in 1951 because of the Korean War. After leaving the service for the second time, he remained in Korea as a combat correspondent. He was later appointed chief of the publications division of the Signal Aviation Test and Support Activity at the Army Aviation Center in Fort Rucker, Alabama. He received the Brigadier General Robert L. Dening Memorial Distinguished Service Award of the U.S. Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association in 1991 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award in 1999. He wrote more than 200 books including the Brotherhood of War series, The Corps series, Badge of Honor series, Honor Bound series, Presidential Agent series, Men at War series, and A Clandestine Operations Novel series. Under his own name, he wrote 12 sequels in the 1970s to Richard Hooker's book M*A*S*H. His other pen names included Alex Baldwin, Webb Beech, and Walter E. Blake. He wrote over 20 books with his son William E. Butterworth IV. He received the Alabama Author's Award in 1982 from the Alabama Library Association. He died on February 12, 2019 at the age of 89. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
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Opere di W. E. B. Griffin
Flying Army: The Modern Air Arm of the U.S. Army: An Illustrated History from the Civil War to Vietnam (1971) 11 copie
The Brotherhood of War, Books 1-8 (The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors, The Colonels, The Berets, The Generals,… (2008) 3 copie
Tiger Rookie 3 copie
Sky-Jacked! 2 copie
Comfort Me with Love 2 copie
Helicopter Pilot 2 copie
W. E. B. Griffin Set (The Lieutenants / The Captains / The Generals / The New Breed / Men in Blue / The Murderers / The… (1995) 2 copie
Presidential Agent, Books 1-7 (By Order of the President, The Hostage, The Hunters, The Shooters, Black Ops, The… (2011) 2 copie
The Wonders of Astronomy 2 copie
A Long Ride on a Cycle 1 copia
Line of Fire Publisher: Jove 1 copia
[No title] 1 copia
Maverick on the Mound 1 copia
Race Car Team 1 copia
Combatentes E Traidores - Historia Do Exercito Comunista Dos Estados U (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2004) 1 copia
Give Me Liberty 1 copia
Presidential Agent, Books 2-4 1 copia
The Brotherhood of War, Books 5-8 (The Berets / The Generals / The New Breed / The Aviators) (1992) 1 copia
Presidential Agent, Books 1-3 1 copia
Drag Race Driver, 1 copia
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Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Butterworth, William Edmund, III
- Altri nomi
- Butterworth, W. E.
Beech, Webb
Blake, Walker E.
Douglas, James McM.
Scholefield, Edmund O.
Williams, Patrick J. (mostra tutto 9)
Baldwin, Alex
Dugan, John Kevin
Hughes, Eden - Data di nascita
- 1929-11-10
- Data di morte
- 2019-02-12
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Daphne, Alabama, USA
- Causa della morte
- colorectal cancer
- Luogo di residenza
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gulf Coast, USA
New York, New York, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Istruzione
- Philipps-Universität Marburg
- Relazioni
- Butterworth, William E., IV (child)
Butterworth, Emma Macalik (spouse) - Organizzazioni
- Special Operations Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Army Aviation Association
Armor Association
Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (mostra tutto 12)
Special Forces Association
Marine Raiders Association
Police Chiefs Association of Southeastern Pennsylvania
United States Army
Police Chiefs Association of Southern New Jersey
Police Chiefs Association of Delaware - Premi e riconoscimenti
- Combat Infantryman Badge
United States Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (Brigadier General Robert L. Dening Memorial Distinguished Service Award, 1991)
Veterans of Foreign Wars News Media Award (1999)
United States Armor Association (Order of St. George)
United States Army Aviation Association (Order of St. Andrew)
Norwich University (Honorary Doctorate) (mostra tutto 7)
Troy State University (Honorary Doctorate)
Utenti
Discussioni
W.E.B. Griffin in Awful Lit. (Agosto 2015)
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 185
- Opere correlate
- 2
- Utenti
- 30,902
- Popolarità
- #642
- Voto
- 3.8
- Recensioni
- 364
- ISBN
- 1,234
- Lingue
- 12
- Preferito da
- 52