- Vincent Gaddis
Vincent Hayes Gaddis (
December 28 ,1913 –February 26 ,1997 ) was an American author who coined the phrase "Bermuda Triangle " in a February 1964 "Argosy" cover piece. He popularized many stories about anomalous phenomena in a style similar to that ofCharles Fort .Gaddis was born in
Ohio to Tilden H. and Alice M. (Smith) Gaddis. He married Margaret Paine Rea onJuly 14 ,1947 . Gaddis worked as a newspaper reporter and writer-editor for aWarsaw, Indiana , radio station from 1947 to 1952. He was a feature writer for the "Elkhart Truth", a daily newspaper inElkhart, Indiana , from 1952-1959. He then worked as a public relations writer forStudebaker-Packard Corporation and Mercedes Benz Sales inSouth Bend, Indiana . In 1962 he became a free-lance writer. He died inEureka, California .Published works
* "Winona Lake: A Memory and A Vision," 1949
* "Invisible Horizons: True Mysteries of the Sea," 1965
* "Mysterious Fires and Lights," 1967
* "Wide World of Magic," 1967
* "Strange World of Animals and Pets," 1970
* "The Curious World of Twins," 1972
* "Courage in Crisis: Dramatic Tales of Heroism in the Face of Danger," 1973
* "American Indian Myths and Mysteries," 1977, ISBN 0880297557
* "Gold Rush Ghosts," 1990, ISBN 0945685068References
* Contemporary Authors Online, Gale, 2007. Reproduced in Biography Resource Center. Farmington Hills, Mich., Thomson Gale. 2007.
ee also
*
Philadelphia Experiment
*Crawfordsville monster
*Raifuku Maru External links
* [http://www.unexplainable.net/artman/publish/article_1745.shtml "Electrical Ghosts,"] article by Gaddis in "Borderland Sciences Journal," 1988
* [http://www.strangemag.com/artofhonestdecept.html "The Art of Honest Deception,"] article by Gaddis in "Strange Magazine"
* [http://ww2.esn.net/monument/gaddiswm/aqwg32.htm Gaddis family tree]
* [http://www.philsp.com/homeville/FMI/s643.htm#A23823 Fiction Mags Index,] list of stories by GaddisPersondata
NAME= Gaddis, Vincent
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American author
DATE OF BIRTH=December 28 ,1913
PLACE OF BIRTH=Ohio
DATE OF DEATH=February 26 ,1997
PLACE OF DEATH=Eureka, California
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