Basil Heatter

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Basil Heatter


Born
in Long Island, New York, The United States
March 26, 1918

Died
June 12, 2009

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Basil Heatter, the son of radio commentator Gabriel Heatter, was born on Long Island on March 26, 1918. He attended schools in Connecticut, then went abroad when was 16 for a two year travel stint through Europe. Returning to America, he went to work for a New York advertising agency. He enlisted in the Navy in 1940 and during WWII served as a skipper on a P.T. boat in the Southwest Pacific. Besides being a news commentator himself, Heatter wrote twenty novels of intrigue and adventure—beginning with "The Dim View" in 1946, the story of a young PT boat skipper—as well as several non-fiction works revolving around his love of the sea. In fact, he lived for years off Key West on his own self-built sailboat, The Blue Duck. He passed away June ...more

Average rating: 3.82 · 83 ratings · 25 reviews · 38 distinct works
Virgin Cay

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The Scarred Man

3.73 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1973 — 3 editions
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Any Man's Girl (Black Gat B...

4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings4 editions
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Harry and the Bikini Bandits

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Virgin Cay / A Night Out

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The Einstein Plot

3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1982
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The Dim View

3.40 avg rating — 5 ratings — published 1963 — 14 editions
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A King In Haiti : The Story...

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4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1972 — 2 editions
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The Mutilators

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1962 — 6 editions
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The Black Coast; the Story ...

3.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1967 — 4 editions
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