W. E. B. Griffin (1929–2019)
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A propos de l'auteur
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 afficher plus 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) afficher moins
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Séries
Œuvres de W. E. B. Griffin
The Brotherhood of War, Books 1-3 (The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors) (2001) 101 exemplaires
Flying Army: The Modern Air Arm of the U.S. Army: An Illustrated History from the Civil War to Vietnam (1971) 11 exemplaires
The Brotherhood of War, Books 1-8 (The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors, The Colonels, The Berets, The Generals,… (2008) 3 exemplaires
Tiger Rookie 3 exemplaires
Sky-Jacked! 2 exemplaires
The Brotherhood of War, Books 1-9 (The Lieutenants, The Captains, The Majors, The Colonels, The Berets, The Generals,… 2 exemplaires
Comfort Me with Love 2 exemplaires
Helicopter Pilot 2 exemplaires
W. E. B. Griffin Set (The Lieutenants / The Captains / The Generals / The New Breed / Men in Blue / The Murderers / The… (1995) 2 exemplaires
The Corps, Books 1-2 and 4-10 (Semper Fi, Call to Arms, Battleground, Line of Fire, Close Combat, Behind the Lines, In… 2 exemplaires
Presidential Agent, Books 1-7 (By Order of the President, The Hostage, The Hunters, The Shooters, Black Ops, The… (2011) 2 exemplaires
The Wonders of Astronomy 2 exemplaires
A Long Ride on a Cycle 1 exemplaire
Line of Fire Publisher: Jove 1 exemplaire
W.E.B. Griffin: Book Series in Order 1 exemplaire
[No title] 1 exemplaire
Maverick on the Mound 1 exemplaire
Race Car Team 1 exemplaire
Combatentes E Traidores - Historia Do Exercito Comunista Dos Estados U (Em Portuguese do Brasil) (2004) 1 exemplaire
Give Me Liberty 1 exemplaire
Presidential Agent, Books 2-4 1 exemplaire
The Corps, Books 2-9 (Call to Arms, Counterattack, Battleground, Line of Fire, Close Combat, Behind the Lines, In… 1 exemplaire
The Brotherhood of War, Books 5-8 (The Berets / The Generals / The New Breed / The Aviators) (1992) 1 exemplaire
Blood and Honor / The Hostage / The Saboteurs 1 exemplaire
Presidential Agent, Books 1-3 1 exemplaire
Men at War, Books 4-6: The Fighting Agents, The Saboteurs, and The Double Agents (2007) 1 exemplaire
Drag Race Driver, 1 exemplaire
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Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Butterworth, William Edmund, III
- Autres noms
- Butterworth, W. E.
Beech, Webb
Blake, Walker E.
Douglas, James McM.
Scholefield, Edmund O.
Williams, Patrick J. (tout afficher 9)
Baldwin, Alex
Dugan, John Kevin
Hughes, Eden - Date de naissance
- 1929-11-10
- Date de décès
- 2019-02-12
- Sexe
- male
- Nationalité
- USA
- Lieu de naissance
- Newark, New Jersey, USA
- Lieu du décès
- Daphne, Alabama, USA
- Cause du décès
- colorectal cancer
- Lieux de résidence
- Buenos Aires, Argentina
Gulf Coast, USA
New York, New York, USA
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA - Études
- Philipps-Universität Marburg
- Relations
- Butterworth, William E., IV (child)
Butterworth, Emma Macalik (spouse) - Organisations
- Special Operations Association
Veterans of Foreign Wars
American Legion
Army Aviation Association
Armor Association
Marine Corps Combat Correspondents Association (tout afficher 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 - Prix et distinctions
- 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) (tout afficher 7)
Troy State University (Honorary Doctorate)
Membres
Discussions
W.E.B. Griffin à Awful Lit. (Août 2015)
Critiques
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 185
- Aussi par
- 2
- Membres
- 30,965
- Popularité
- #638
- Évaluation
- 3.8
- Critiques
- 364
- ISBN
- 1,234
- Langues
- 12
- Favoris
- 52