South by Java Head
Main Author: | MacLean, Alistair, 1922-1987. |
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Format: | Books Print Book |
Language: | English |
Published: |
New York :
American Reprint Co.,
1975, c1958.
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Subjects: |
Item Description: |
Reprint of the ed. published by Fawcett Publications, Greenwich, Conn. |
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Physical Description: |
288 p. ; 23 cm. |
ISBN: |
9781402792601 |
Author Notes: |
He wrote numerous books including HMS Ulysses, The Guns of Navarone, Ice Station Zebra, Where Eagles Dare, Dark Crusader, Satan Bug, Captain Cook: A Biography, and Santorini. He also wrote The Black Shrike and The Satan Bug under the pseudonym Ian Stuart. Several of his books were adapted into movies including The Secret Ways, Fear Is the Key, and When Eight Bells Toll. He also wrote several original screenplays including Breakheart Pass and conceived an adventure drama for television entitled The Hostage Towers. He died of heart failure on February 2, 1987 at the age of 64. (Bowker Author Biography) |