{"id":2163,"date":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2163"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T07:00:00","slug":"skipper, g. c., 1939- ","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lib.ua.edu\/Alabama_Authors\/?p=2163","title":{"rendered":"SKIPPER, G. C., 1939-"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biography:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Journalist, business executive, children’s author. Born– Mar. 22, 1939, in Ozark, Ala. Parents– G. C. and Ada (Price) Skipper. Married– Dorothy Wright on March 26, 1960. Children– Two. Education– University of Alabama, B.A. Reporter for Huntsville Times, 1961-1965; public relations agent for United Airlines, 1966-1971; Midwest news bureau chief for Travel Weekly, 1970-1972; executive editor Hitchcock Pub. Co., 1973-1976; vice president public relations for Al Paul Lefton Co., Philadelphia, after 1976. <\/p>\n

Source:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Contemporary Authors, Vol. 14NR. <\/p>\n

Publication(s):<\/strong><\/p>\n

Battle of Britain. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1980. <\/p>\n

Battle of Leyte Gulf. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1981. <\/p>\n

Battle of Midway. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1980. <\/p>\n

Battle of Stalingrad. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1981. <\/p>\n

Battle of the Atlantic. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1981. <\/p>\n

Battle of the Coral Sea. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1984. <\/p>\n

D-Day; the Normandy Invasion. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1981. <\/p>\n

Death of Hitler. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1980. <\/p>\n

Fall of the Fox, Rommel. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1980. <\/p>\n

The Ghost in the Church. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1976. <\/p>\n

The Ghost at Manor House. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1978. <\/p>\n

Goering and the Luftwaffe. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1980. <\/p>\n

Invasion of Poland. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1983. <\/p>\n

Invasion of Sicily. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1981. <\/p>\n

McArthur and the Philippines. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1982. <\/p>\n

Mussolini; a Dictator Dies. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1981. <\/p>\n

The Night in the Attic. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1976. <\/p>\n

Pearl Harbor. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1983. <\/p>\n

Submarines in the Pacific. Chicago; Children’s Press, 1980. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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