Douglas Terman (December 4, 1933 – December 28, 1999) was an

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of military novels.

Biography

He helped develop

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as an exclusive resort in the

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with his best friend Hazen Richardson, travelling through the Caribbean on his boats ''Encantada'' and ''Jacinta''. He spent over twenty years in

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, where he met and befriended many fellow authors, including R. A. Montgomery, Edward Packard,

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, and

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. Terman was the author of one of the early

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books, ''By Balloon to the Sahara''. The book is dedicated to his only child, Christine M. Terman. Terman is also notable for his other military-themed fiction. He wrote from his own experiences, and included many of his friends and loved ones as characters in his books, such as "Walrus". Terman had military experience during the

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Books by Douglas Terman

* ''The 3 Megaton Gamble'' (1978) * ''By Balloon to the Sahara'' (1979) (reissued as ''Danger in the Desert''). * ''First Strike'' (1979) * ''Free Flight'' (1980) * ''Shell Game'' (1985) * ''The Dragon Dances With The Tears Of 1am'' (1987) * ''Enemy Territory'' (1989) * ''Star Shot'' (1990) * ''Cormorant'' (1994)

References

1933 births Choose Your Own Adventure writers 1999 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male novelists 20th-century American male writers {{US-novelist-1930s-stub