"Flying Blackbirds" 1932 BURTIS, Thomson

"Flying Blackbirds" 1932 BURTIS, ThomsonBURTIS, Thomson Henry Thomson Burtis (18961971) was an American writer. Burtis was born in New York. After serving as a lieutenant in US Army Air Service and as a member of the aerial border patrol, Burtis worked as a newspaper reporter before becoming a writer. He wrote more than two hundred stories for pulp magazines such as Adventure as well as over 20 novels, most of which had an aviation theme and were written for children. Many of his stories

BURTIS, Thomson

Henry Thomson Burtis (1896–1971) was an American writer.

Burtis was born in New York. After serving as a lieutenant in US Army Air Service and as a member of the aerial border patrol, Burtis worked as a newspaper reporter before becoming a writer. He wrote more than two hundred stories for pulp magazines such as Adventure as well as over 20 novels, most of which had an aviation theme and were written for children. Many of his stories appeared in The American Boy. In Old Oklahoma was one of several films that were adapted from his short stories.

[242] pp.

Grosset & Dunlap

1932

7 1/2" x 5 1/2"

Illustrated by J. Clemens Gretta

front flap detached from jacket

Lieutenant Rudford Riley, along with The Phantom Five, a group of British airmen, fight the enemy in World War I.