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John Ball Jr.

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Schenectady, NY, The United States

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Science Fiction, Aviation and Space Flight

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Name used by John Dudley Ball for writing "books for boys" early in his career.

(From 1960 dustjacket bio) "JOHN BALL, JR., has led a double life, giving half of his time to flying and half to writing.

"As a youngster, he washed airplanes for barnstorming pilots in order to learn about aviation and get an occasional ride. In later years, a ground and flight instructor for Pan American World Airways, he lost track of the number of times he crossed the Atlantic. He was a commercial pilot, a member of the editorial staff of Fortune, music editor of the Brooklyn Eagle, assistant curator of the Hayden Planetarium, and a columnist on the New York World-Telegram and Sun, before he combined his two careers in his present job as Director of Public Rel ...more

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Average rating: 3.99 · 227 ratings · 19 reviews · 8 distinct works • Similar authors

	The First Team 3.93 avg rating — 176 ratings — published 1971 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Judo Boy by John Ball Jr. (pseudonym), John Dudley Ball 4.48 avg rating — 21 ratings — published 1964 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Grand Game: A Celebration of Sherlockian Scholarship Volume One: 1902–1959 by Laurie R. King (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Leslie S. Klinger (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Michael F. Whelan (Preface) 4.19 avg rating — 16 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Springboard 3.93 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 1958 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Spacemaster I by John Ball Jr. (pseudonym), John Dudley Ball really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1960 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Edwards: Flight Test Center of the U.S.A.F. by John Ball Jr. (pseudonym), John Dudley Ball 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1962	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Records for Pleasure by John Ball Jr. (pseudonym), John Dudley Ball 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1947	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Operation Space 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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― John Ball Jr., The First Team

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