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A propos de l'auteur

Chet Cunningham was born in Nebraska on December 9, 1928. He received a bachelor's degree in journalism from Pacific University. Drafted into the Army, he was a mortar gunner in a heavy weapons company in Korea. After the war, he received a master's degree in journalism at Columbia University. He afficher plus worked for small newspapers in Michigan and Oregon before moving to San Diego in 1960 to work at Convair on various audio-visual projects, including a training film for fighter pilots. He became a full-time writer when he was laid off from his job. He wrote magazine articles while working on his first novel. His first book, Bushwhackers of the Circle K, was published in 1968. He went on to write 450 books including westerns, thrillers, military history, and medical guides. In 1994, he founded the nonprofit San Diego Book Awards as a way to honor published and unpublished local writers. He died of complications from a fall on March 14, 2017 at the age of 88. (Bowker Author Biography) afficher moins
Notice de désambiguation :

(eng) author of Hell Wouldn't Stop: An Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island
author of some of the Jim Steel Western series, first three of the Brad Spear series, Mack Bolan series
As Lionel Derrick, a pseudonym with Mark Roberts Penetrator series
Under the name of Dirk Fletcher, Spur Western series
also wrote as Cathy Cunningham
Nonfiction: Your Bike, Your Wheels, Your First Car, 222 Ways to Save Gas The Layman's Medical Help Books

Séries

Œuvres de Chet Cunningham

Baltimore Trackdown (1986) — Ghostwriter — 35 exemplaires
Orbiting Omega (1984) 35 exemplaires
Council of Kings (1985) 34 exemplaires
Skysweeper (1984) — Ghostwriter — 32 exemplaires
Crude Kill (1945) — Ghostwriter — 31 exemplaires
Resurrection Day (1985) — Ghostwriter — 30 exemplaires
The Sciatica Relief Handbook (1969) 21 exemplaires
The Fibromyalgia Relief Handbook (2000) 17 exemplaires
The Radiation Hit (1977) 14 exemplaires
Hawaiian Trackdown (1980) 14 exemplaires
Cryogenic Nightmare (1978) 13 exemplaires
Ride Tall or Hang High (2002) 13 exemplaires
Nuke Down (2001) 13 exemplaires
Mankill Sport (1976) — Auteur — 13 exemplaires
Tokyo Purple (1974) 12 exemplaires
The Hellbomb Flight (1975) 12 exemplaires
Bloody Boston (1976) 11 exemplaires
Countdown to Terror (1977) 11 exemplaires
Blood on the Strip (1973) 11 exemplaires
Computer Kill (1979) 11 exemplaires
High Disaster (1977) 10 exemplaires
Mexican Brown (1978) 10 exemplaires
The Silver Mistress (1981) 10 exemplaires
Showbiz Wipeout (1979) 9 exemplaires
Death Ray Terror (1979) 9 exemplaires
Deadly Strike (2001) 9 exemplaires
Hijacking Manhattan (1974) 9 exemplaires
Northwest Contract (1975) 9 exemplaires
Cripple Creek Bonanza (1995) 9 exemplaires
The Skyhigh Betrayers (1978) 9 exemplaires
Assassination Factor (1981) 9 exemplaires
Deadly Silence (1980) 8 exemplaires
Jungle Blitz (1982) 8 exemplaires
Neutron Nightmare (1983) 8 exemplaires
Deepsea Shootout (1976) 8 exemplaires
Brotherhood of Blood (1983) 8 exemplaires
Inca Gold Hijack (1981) 8 exemplaires
The Frogmen of World War II (2005) 7 exemplaires
Gold Train (Jim Steel, #5) (1987) 6 exemplaires
Aztec Gold (Jim Steel #6). (1981) 5 exemplaires
Plunder (1999) 5 exemplaires
Dead Man's Hand (The Outlaws, #3) (1989) 3 exemplaires
Bloody Gold (Gunsmoke Western) (1989) 3 exemplaires
Die of Gold (1986) 3 exemplaires
Apache Ambush (Chisholm Book 1) (1988) 3 exemplaires
Pony Soldiers (1987) 3 exemplaires
Boots and Saddles (1988) 3 exemplaires
Comanche Massacre (1997) 3 exemplaires
Apprentice to a rip-off (1979) 2 exemplaires
The Fugitive (The Man Hunter 1) (2015) 2 exemplaires
Locked Storeroom Mystery (1977) 2 exemplaires
Bushwhackers at the Circle K (2005) 2 exemplaires
Colombia Crackdown (Avenger, 3) (1988) 2 exemplaires
Cheyenne Payoff (1981) 2 exemplaires
Double Cross Trail (1946) 2 exemplaires
Line Rider's Revenge (1994) 2 exemplaires
Rio Grande Revenge (Outlaws #5) (1990) 2 exemplaires
The Avenger (1987) 2 exemplaires
Sioux Slaughter (1988) 2 exemplaires
Wade's War (2011) 2 exemplaires
Battle Cry (1989) 2 exemplaires
Fugitive Run (2012) 2 exemplaires
Devil's Gold (Jim Steel, #4) (1980) 2 exemplaires
Six guns (2002) 2 exemplaires
Search and Destroy 1 exemplaire
Jesse: Back to the Future (2013) 1 exemplaire
Killer's Range (2005) 1 exemplaire
Beloved Rebel (1978) 1 exemplaire
Gold and the Glory # 1 exemplaire
Killer Edge 1 exemplaire
The Specialists 1 exemplaire
Moments 1 exemplaire
Flagstaff Showdown (1993) 1 exemplaire
Scream Vengeance 1 exemplaire
The Tucson Temptress (1981) 1 exemplaire
Captial Hell 1 exemplaire
The Target Is H (2008) 1 exemplaire
The Gambler (2013) 1 exemplaire
Mark of the Lash (2013) 1 exemplaire
Trent: Teenage Spy 1 exemplaire
The Patriots (1977) 1 exemplaire
First Californians 1 exemplaire
The Associates 1 exemplaire
The Lobo Link 1 exemplaire
The Devils Gunslinger 1 exemplaire
Avengers (The Outlaws, #4) (1990) 1 exemplaire
Houston Hellground (Avenger) (1988) 1 exemplaire
Dead-start scramble 1 exemplaire
Double Cross Trail Drive (2014) 1 exemplaire
Manhattan Massacre (Avenger) (1988) 1 exemplaire
The Widow Maker 1 exemplaire
The Devil's Gunslinger (2014) 1 exemplaire
Survival Trail (2005) 1 exemplaire
Jim Steel Die of Gold 1 exemplaire
You are Expelled 1 exemplaire
Hell Hole - Murder in the Mine (2013) 1 exemplaire
Texas Range War 1 exemplaire
Kill List (2013) 1 exemplaire

Oeuvres associées

Hellbinder (1984) — Ghostwriter — 28 exemplaires
Terror in Taos (1975)quelques éditions11 exemplaires

Étiqueté

Partage des connaissances

Nom légal
Cunningham, Chester
Autres noms
Cunningham, Cathy
Fletcher, Dirk
Derrick, Lionel
Cody, Jess
Phillips, Tony (shared pseudonym)
Date de naissance
1928-12-09
Date de décès
2017-03-24
Sexe
male
Nationalité
USA
Lieu de naissance
Shelby, Nebraska, USA
Lieux de résidence
San Diego, California, USA
Études
Pacific University (BS, 1950)
Columbia University (MS|1954)
Professions
city editor (News-Times in Forest Grove, Oregon, 1954-1955)
writer (educational and church films, Jam Handy of Detroit, 1955-1959)
Relations
Cunningham, Scott (son)
Ashworth, Christine (daughter)
Notice de désambigüisation
author of Hell Wouldn't Stop: An Oral History of the Battle of Wake Island
author of some of the Jim Steel Western series, first three of the Brad Spear series, Mack Bolan series
As Lionel Derrick, a pseudonym with Mark Roberts Penetrator series
Under the name of Dirk Fletcher, Spur Western series
also wrote as Cathy Cunningham
Nonfiction: Your Bike, Your Wheels, Your First Car, 222 Ways to Save Gas The Layman's Medical Help Books

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Critiques

 
Signalé
MikeBray | Sep 6, 2016 |
Quite possibly the best of the Penetrator series. Rather than go on a dedicated mission, Hardin stumbles onto a PLO plot, is captured and battles from within the enemy camp to defeat a world crisis. This is like a classic Bruce Willis action film.
 
Signalé
Leischen | Jun 13, 2016 |
This is the story of Johnny Utah, a Detroit gangster, and Mark Hardin, popularly know as "The Penetrator," who aims to make up for the law's inability to bring Utah to justice.

Utah's hobby is hunting, especially for big game. His greatest kick is to hunt down people -- kidnapped unfortunate innocents, as well as enemies -- at his lodge in the Canadian wilderness. The lodge is inaccessible, except by air. The victims are kept naked in crude cages at the lodge until released to be hunted down and killed by Utah and his cronies.

Hardin is a vigilante, pure and simple. He works outside the law, and although some in the law enforcement community are sympathetic with his goals, nevertheless he is wanted too, for murder.

Chet Cunningham is a talented writer. The plot is skillfully constructed, character development is good, and the technical quality of the writing is top notch.

Cunningham's plot, however, is something else. If you like blood and gore; murder, torture, and rape, then this is your book. Me, not so much.

IMHO, the author's technical skills rate 4 four stars, the book's plot 0 stars, for an overall average of 2 stars (out of 5). If this were a movie it would be rated R for sexual situations and violence.

I received a free copy of this eBook in exchange for an honest review.
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RGaryRasmussen | 1 autre critique | Apr 16, 2016 |
 
Signalé
brone | Jun 18, 2014 |

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Statistiques

Œuvres
138
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2
Membres
829
Popularité
#30,792
Évaluation
½ 3.4
Critiques
11
ISBN
205
Langues
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