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About Thomas B Allen
Thomas B. Allen is an American author and historian. He resides in Bethesda, MD. He is also the father of science fiction writer Roger MacBride Allen. Allen is a contributing editor to National Geographic.
His most famous book to date is Possessed. It is a factual retelling of the true story of a teenage boy from Mt. Rainier Maryland who went through the rite of exorcism in 1943. Allen tracked down the sole survivor of the team that performed the exorcism, Father Walter Halloran as well as a copy of the diary kept by the team leader, Father William S. Bowdern. It was upon this case William Peter Blatty based the events of his novel, The Exorcist. First published in hardcover in 1993, the book was reissued as a revised paperback in 2000 to coincide with the release of a made-for-cable film Possessed starring Timothy Dalton as Father Bowdern. The film kept close to the facts as presented in Allen's book for the most part but did add some cinematic scares.
His most famous book to date is Possessed. It is a factual retelling of the true story of a teenage boy from Mt. Rainier Maryland who went through the rite of exorcism in 1943. Allen tracked down the sole survivor of the team that performed the exorcism, Father Walter Halloran as well as a copy of the diary kept by the team leader, Father William S. Bowdern. It was upon this case William Peter Blatty based the events of his novel, The Exorcist. First published in hardcover in 1993, the book was reissued as a revised paperback in 2000 to coincide with the release of a made-for-cable film Possessed starring Timothy Dalton as Father Bowdern. The film kept close to the facts as presented in Allen's book for the most part but did add some cinematic scares.
Novels
The Last Inmate (1973)
A Short Life (1978)
Ship of Gold (1982) (with Norman Polmar)
Fire & Innocence (1984)
Masquerade of Hearts (1987)
Black Bridge China (1988)
Murder in the Senate (1993) (with William S Cohen)
A Short Life (1978)
Ship of Gold (1982) (with Norman Polmar)
Fire & Innocence (1984)
Masquerade of Hearts (1987)
Black Bridge China (1988)
Murder in the Senate (1993) (with William S Cohen)
Non fiction
The Quest: A Report On Extraterrestrial Life (1965)
Vanishing Wildlife of North America (1974)
The World of the American Indian (1974)
We Americans (1975)
Rickover: Controversy and Genius - a Biography (1982) (with Norman Polmar)
Earth's Amazing Animals (1983)
Guardian of the Wild: The Story of the National Wildlife Federation 1936-1986 (1987)
War Games (1987)
Merchants of Treason (1988) (with Norman Polmar)
Treasures of the Tide (1990)
Walking to the Creek (1991)
World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years 1941-1945 (1991) (with Norman Polmar)
The Blue and the Gray (1992) (see Sam Abell)
Possessed (1993)
Climbing Kansas Mountains (1993) (with George Shannon)
Offerings At the Wall: Artifacts from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1995)
Codename Downfall: Secret Plan to Invade Japan (1995) (with Norman Polmar)
Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage (1996) (with Norman Polmar)
Shadows in the Sea: The Sharks, Skates and Rays (1996)
Animals of Africa (1997)
America from Space (1998)
Encyclopedia of Espionage (1998) (with Norman Polmar)
The Shark Almanac: A Fully Illustrated Natural History of Sharks, Skates and Rays (1999)
The Washington Monument: It Stands for All (2000)
Shark Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance (2001)
Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories (2001)
Why Truman Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan (2003) (with Norman Polmar)
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War (2004)
The Bonus Army: An American Epic (2005) (with Paul Dickson)
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War (2006)
Remember Valley Forge: Patriots, Tories, and Spies Tell Their Stories (2007)
Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War (2009) (with Roger MacBride Allen)
Vanishing Wildlife of North America (1974)
The World of the American Indian (1974)
We Americans (1975)
Rickover: Controversy and Genius - a Biography (1982) (with Norman Polmar)
Earth's Amazing Animals (1983)
Guardian of the Wild: The Story of the National Wildlife Federation 1936-1986 (1987)
War Games (1987)
Merchants of Treason (1988) (with Norman Polmar)
Treasures of the Tide (1990)
Walking to the Creek (1991)
World War II: The Encyclopedia of the War Years 1941-1945 (1991) (with Norman Polmar)
The Blue and the Gray (1992) (see Sam Abell)
Possessed (1993)
Climbing Kansas Mountains (1993) (with George Shannon)
Offerings At the Wall: Artifacts from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1995)
Codename Downfall: Secret Plan to Invade Japan (1995) (with Norman Polmar)
Spy Book: The Encyclopedia of Espionage (1996) (with Norman Polmar)
Shadows in the Sea: The Sharks, Skates and Rays (1996)
Animals of Africa (1997)
America from Space (1998)
Encyclopedia of Espionage (1998) (with Norman Polmar)
The Shark Almanac: A Fully Illustrated Natural History of Sharks, Skates and Rays (1999)
The Washington Monument: It Stands for All (2000)
Shark Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance (2001)
Remember Pearl Harbor: American and Japanese Survivors Tell Their Stories (2001)
Why Truman Dropped the Atomic Bomb on Japan (2003) (with Norman Polmar)
George Washington, Spymaster: How the Americans Outspied the British and Won the Revolutionary War (2004)
The Bonus Army: An American Epic (2005) (with Paul Dickson)
Harriet Tubman, Secret Agent: How Daring Slaves and Free Blacks Spied for the Union During the Civil War (2006)
Remember Valley Forge: Patriots, Tories, and Spies Tell Their Stories (2007)
Mr. Lincoln's High-Tech War (2009) (with Roger MacBride Allen)
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