W. E. B. Griffin (1929–2019)
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About the Author
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 mostrar mais 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) mostrar menos
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Séries
Obras por 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 exemplares
Tiger Rookie 3 exemplares
The Brotherhood of War, Books 1-8 (The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors, The Colonels, The Berets, The Generals,… (2008) 3 exemplares
Comfort Me with Love 2 exemplares
Helicopter Pilot 2 exemplares
W. E. B. Griffin Set (The Lieutenants / The Captains / The Generals / The New Breed / Men in Blue / The Murderers / The… (1995) 2 exemplares
Sky-Jacked! 2 exemplares
The Wonders of Astronomy 2 exemplares
Presidential Agent, Books 1-7 (By Order of the President, The Hostage, The Hunters, The Shooters, Black Ops, The… (2011) 2 exemplares
Line of Fire Publisher: Jove 1 exemplar
W.E.B. Griffin: Book Series in Order 1 exemplar
Presidential Agent, Books 1-3 1 exemplar
Maverick on the Mound 1 exemplar
Race Car Team 1 exemplar
[No title] 1 exemplar
Give Me Liberty 1 exemplar
Presidential Agent, Books 2-4 1 exemplar
Combatentes E Traidores - Historia Do Exercito Comunista Dos Estados U (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2004) 1 exemplar
A Long Ride on a Cycle 1 exemplar
The Brotherhood of War, Books 5-8 (The Berets / The Generals / The New Breed / The Aviators) (1992) 1 exemplar
Associated Works
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome legal
- Butterworth, William Edmund, III
- Outros nomes
- Butterworth, W. E.
Beech, Webb
Blake, Walker E.
Douglas, James McM.
Scholefield, Edmund O.
Williams, Patrick J. (mostrar todos 9)
Baldwin, Alex
Dugan, John Kevin
Hughes, Eden - Data de nascimento
- 1929-11-10
- Data de falecimento
- 2019-02-12
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Daphne, Alabama, USA
- Causa da morte
- colorectal cancer
- Locais de residência
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gulf Coast, USA
New York, New York, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Educação
- Philipps-Universität Marburg
- Relações
- Butterworth, William E., IV (child)
Butterworth, Emma Macalik (spouse) - Organizações
- Special Operations Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Army Aviation Association
Armor Association
Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (mostrar todos 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 - Prémios e menções honrosas
- 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) (mostrar todos 7)
Troy State University (Honorary Doctorate)
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W.E.B. Griffin em Awful Lit. (Agosto 2015)
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- Obras
- 183
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- Membros
- 30,780
- Popularidade
- #645
- Avaliação
- 3.8
- Críticas
- 363
- ISBN
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- Línguas
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- Marcado como favorito
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