Robert H. Adleman

Robert H. Adleman (born on May 7, 1919 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - November 16, 1995 in Ashland, Oregon) was an American novelist and historian.

A photographer and tail gunner in World War II, Adleman was a businessman and a historian who began a collaboration with U.S. Army Colonel George Walton to write books about World War II, the most successful of which was 1966's "The Devil's Brigade." A story about the 1st Special Service Force nicknamed the "Devil's Brigade", the book would be turned into a motion picture of the same name.

After selling the movie rights, Adleman and his wife moved from Philadelphia to Malibu, California. They remained there for a number of years until they acquired a large ranch property in Oregon. At which point they opened the restaurant The Bella Union, featuring the "peach baboo", a cocktail named after their grandson's childhood treat. The Bella Union remains successful in Jacksonville, Oregon to this day.Fact|date=May 2007 Adleman died in 1995. His wife and two daughters scattered his ashes on the ocean at the beach in Malibu.

elected bibliography

* "The Devil's Brigade" (1966) (written with Col. George Walton)
* "Rome Fell Today" (1968) (written with Col. George Walton)
* "The Champagne Campaign" (1969) (written with Col. George Walton)
* "The Bloody Benders" (1970)
* "Annie Deane" (1971)
* "What's Really Involved in Writing and Selling Your Book" (1972)
* "The Black Box" (1973)
* "" (1973)
* "Sweetwater Fever" (1986)

References

NY Times Obituary [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C06E6D71339F930A15752C1A963958260 Robert H. Adleman, Author, 76 - New York Times ] ]

Hoover Institution Archives of Adleman's papers at Stanford University [http://content.cdlib.org/view?docId=tf8g500667&chunk.id=did-1.7.1&query=Robert%20H.%20Adleman&brand=oac]