Theodore Roscoe
20 Feb 1906 – 29 May 1992
Theodore Roscoe (February 20, 1906 – May 29, 1992) was an American biographer and writer of adventure, fantasy novels and stories. Roscoe's stories appeared in pulp magazines including Argosy, Wings, Flying Stories, Far East Adventure Stories, Fight Stories, Action Stories and Adventure. A collection of his stories, The Wonderful Lips of Thibong Linh, was published by Donald M. Grant, Publisher, Inc. in 1981. Roscoe was commissioned by the United States Naval Institute to write the detailed and massive histories United States Submarine Operations in World War II (1949) and United States Destroyer Operations in World War II (1953). He subsequently wrote several other books on naval history including The Trent Affair, November, 1861: U.S. detainment of a British ship nearly brings war with England (1972)
Books
- Zombies! Zombies! Zombies!
- Picture History of the U.S. Navy from Old Navy to New, 1778 to 1897.
- Picture History of the U.S. Navy
- Picture history of the U.S. Navy
- I'll Grind Their Bones
- Toughest in the Legion - the Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 2
- Murder On the Way!
- United States Destroyer Operations in World War II
- Grave Must Be Deep
- Pig boats
- Kid and the Cutthroats - the Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 3
- The Ruby of Suratan Singh
- Only in New England
- Heads of Sergeant Baptiste - the Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 4
- I'll grind their bones
- Murder on the way!
- On the seas and in the skies
- Theodore Roscoe's A grave must be deep
- This is your Navy
- The Trent Affair, November, 1861: U.S. detainment of a British ship nearly brings war with England
- Picture History of the U.S. Navy
- Picture History of the U.S. Navy from Old Navy to New, 1778 to 1897.
- United States Submarine Operations in World War Two
- True tales of bold escapes
- United States Submarine Operations in World War II
- Tin cans
- Jungle Stories #2
- War Declared!
- Better Than Bullets - the Complete Adventures of Thibaut Corday and the Foreign Legion, Volume 1
- Tarantula Tower
- East of Suez
- World Wide Adventure #3, Summer 1968
- Z is for Zombie
- DANGER TRAIL, THE - 08/28
- The Lincoln assassination, April 14, 1865
- Only in New England
- Poems by Contemporary Women
- Theodore Roscoe's Z is for zombie
- To live and die in Dixie
- True tales of bold escapes
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