Theodore Roscoe
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| Born | February 20, 1906 Rochester, New York, United States |
| Died | May 29, 1992 (aged 86) Florida, United States |
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| Nationality | American |
| Genre | Fantasy, History |
| Subject | Abraham Lincoln |
Theodore Roscoe (February 20, 1906 – May 29, 1992) was an American biographer and writer of
Biography
Roscoe was born in Rochester, New York, the son of missionaries. He wrote for newspapers and later pulp magazines.
Roscoe's work was praised by H. L. Mencken in a 1929 profile in the Rochester Democrat Chronicle. Mencken said "Many of the so-called literati could learn a lot from Mr. Roscoe. He gets things down with amazing facility".[2] 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), as well as a 737-page book detailing United States history with a focus on the role of the US Navy (titled This Is Your Navy (1950) and given to navy recruits at boot camp). 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).
A collection of his stories,
References
- ^ ISBN 9780816045778(p. 226–27)
- ^ a b Audrey Parente, "Theodore Roscoe: High Class Pulp Fiction" Pulp Adventures Magazine, #23, Fall 2016. Bold Venture Press. (pp. 39-41)
- Theodore Roscoe at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Chalker, Jack L.; Mark Owings (1998). The Science-Fantasy Publishers: A Bibliographic History, 1923-1998. Westminster, MD and Baltimore: Mirage Press, Ltd. p. 328.
- Contento, William G. (May 4, 2008). "The FictionMags Index". Retrieved May 22, 2008.
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