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Barrett Tillman

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born

January 01, 1948 in Oregon, The United States

gender

male

website

http://www.btillman.com/

genre

History, Nonfiction, Fiction

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Born a fourth-generation Oregonian, descended from American pioneers, Revolutionary War Patriots, Pilgrims (e.g. Priscilla Alden) and Pocahontas, Tillman was raised on the family wheat and cattle ranch. His younger brothers include a breeder of exotic animals and a Rhodes Scholar. In high school he was an Eagle Scout[citation needed], won two state titles as a rudimental drummer, and was a champion speaker and debater. Tillman was first published in 1964 at age 15 and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

Like his father, a Navy trained pilot in World War II, Tillman developed an early passion for aviation and learned to fly at age 16. Over the next several years he flew a variety of vintage...more Born a fourth-generation Oregonian, descended from American pioneers, Revolutionary War Patriots, Pilgrims (e.g. Priscilla Alden) and Pocahontas, Tillman was raised on the family wheat and cattle ranch. His younger brothers include a breeder of exotic animals and a Rhodes Scholar. In high school he was an Eagle Scout[citation needed], won two state titles as a rudimental drummer, and was a champion speaker and debater. Tillman was first published in 1964 at age 15 and graduated from the University of Oregon in 1971 with a bachelor’s degree in journalism.

Like his father, a Navy trained pilot in World War II, Tillman developed an early passion for aviation and learned to fly at age 16. Over the next several years he flew a variety of vintage and historic aircraft, including a pre-WW II Navy trainer and a restored dive-bomber. The latter became the subject of his first book, The Dauntless Dive Bomber of World War II, published in 1976. It established the format for many subsequent books, operational histories of U.S. Navy aircraft.

After college Tillman worked as a freelance writer until 1982 when he founded Champlin Fighter Museum Press in Mesa, Arizona, publishing out-of-print and new titles on military aviation.

In 1986 he moved to San Diego to become managing editor of The Hook, quarterly journal of the Tailhook Association. He remained in that position for three years before deciding to focus full time to writing fiction. His first novel was published in June 1990. Warriors[1] depicted a Mideast air war and became an immediate best seller when Iraq invaded Kuwait two months later.

Tillman's next two novels appeared in 1992: The Sixth Battle, (written with his brother John) which captured a wide following among computer war gamers; and Dauntless, intended as the first in a trilogy. It was followed by Hellcats, nominated as military novel of the year in 1996. He has also published original fiction in the Stephen Coonts anthologies, Combat and Victory.

Tillman remains active as a magazine writer. He is a regular contributor to The Hook, Flight Journal, and several firearms publications. He has also reported from Africa for Soldier of Fortune magazine.

Tillman is a former executive secretary of the American Fighter Aces Association.[2]

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Books by Barrett Tillman

Average rating: 3.59 · 371 ratings · 59 reviews · 44 distinct works

	Whirlwind: The Air War Against Japan, 1942-1945 3.59 avg rating — 73 ratings — published 2010 — 10 editions	My rating:
	Clash of The Carriers: The True Story of the Marianas Turkey Shoot of World War II by Barrett Tillman, Stephen Coonts (Foreword by) 3.87 avg rating — 45 ratings — published 1994 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Warriors 3.47 avg rating — 15 ratings — published 1990 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Hellcat Aces Of World War 2 4.00 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1996	My rating:
	The Dauntless Dive Bomber of World War Two 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1976 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Enterprise: America's Fightingest Ship and the Men Who Helped Win World War II 3.60 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2012 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Wildcat Aces of World War 2 4.12 avg rating — 8 ratings — published 1995	My rating:
	Corsair: The F4U in World War II and Korea by Barrett Tillman, Kenneth A. Walsh (Foreword by) 4.30 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 1979 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Sixth Battle 3.33 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1992	My rating:
	LeMay by Barrett Tillman, Wesley K. Clark (Foreword) 3.56 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	My rating:

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