Earle (Wilmont) Rice Jr. (1928-) Biography

Worked as a designer, technical writer, and senior design engineer in the aerospace, electronics, and nuclear industries, 1960-93; freelance writer, 1993—. Military service: U.S. Marine Corps, 1948-57, received Purple Heart.

Cross & Cockade International, Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, League of World War I Aviation Historians, U.S. Naval Institute, Air Force Association.

FICTION

Tiger, Lion, Hawk, Fearon Pitman (Belmont, CA), 1977.

The Animals (also published as Escape or Die), Fearon Pitman (Belmont, CA), 1979.

Earle Rice, Jr.

Death Angel, Pitman Learning (Belmont, CA), 1981.

Fear on Ice, Pitman Learning (Belmont, CA), 1981.

More than Macho, Pitman Learning (Belmont, CA), 1981.

The Gringo Dies at Dawn, Fearon/Janus/Quercus (Belmont, CA), 1993.

(Reteller) Bram Stoker, Dracula, Globe Fearon (Belmont, CA), 1995.

(Reteller) Erich Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front, Globe Fearon (Belmont, CA), 1995.

(Reteller) John Steinbeck, The Grapes of Wrath, Globe Fearon (Belmont, CA), 1996.

NONFICTION

The Final Solution, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1998.

Nazi War Criminals, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1998.

The Third Reich: Demise of the Nazi Dream ("History's Great Defeats" series), Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 2000.

The Cold War: Collapse of Communism ("History's Great Defeats" series), Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 2000.

Sir Francis Drake: Navigator and Pirate, Benchmark Books (New York, NY), 2003.

Korea 1950: From Pusan to Chosin, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2003.

Claire Chennault: Flying Tiger ("Famous Flyers" series), Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2003.

Manfred von Richthofen: The Red Baron ("Famous Flyers" series), Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2003.

Point of No Return: Tonkin Gulf and the Vietnam War, Morgan Reynolds (Greensboro, NC), 2003.

Alexandra David-Néel: Explorer at the Roof of the World, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004.

"WORLD HISTORY" SERIES

The Cuban Revolution, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1995.

The Battle of the Little Bighorn, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1998.

The Bombing of Pearl Harbor, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 2001.

"BATTLE" SERIES

The Battle of Belleau Wood: Battles of World War I, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1996.

The Battle of Britain: Battles of World War II, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1996.

The Battle of Midway: Battles of World War II, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1996.

The Inchon Invasion: Battles of the Twentieth Century, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1996.

The Attack on Pearl Harbor: Battles of World War II, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1997.

The Tet Offensive: Battles of the Twentieth Century, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1997.

"FAMOUS TRIALS" SERIES

The Nuremberg Trials, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1997.

The Salem Witch Trials, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1997.

The O. J. Simpson Trial, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1997.

"LIFE" SERIES

Life among the Great Plains Indians, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1998.

Life during the Crusades, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1998.

Life during the Middle Ages, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 1998.

"AMERICAN WAR LIBRARY" SERIES

Kamikazes, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 2000.

Strategic Battles in Europe, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 2000.

Strategic Battles in the Pacific, Lucent Books (San Diego, CA), 2000.

"BATTLES THAT CHANGED THE WORLD" SERIES

Gettysburg, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2002.

Normandy, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2002.

The First Battle of the Marne, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2002.

"GREAT MILITARY LEADERS OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY" SERIES

Erwin J. E. Rommel, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004.

George S. Patton, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004.

Douglas MacArthur, Chelsea House (Philadelphia, PA), 2004.

Six Came Through: Down the Colorado with Powell, for Ithaca Media; Ulysses S. Grant, Robert E. Lee, and Genghis Khan, for Morgan Reynolds.