Armageddon 2419 AD

by Philip Francis Nowlan

Overview

This book is a collection of some war stories and science fiction. The author describes the use of some weapons used during the period. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. This has been published with the best technology to reproduce historical work in the same manner it was first published to preserve its original nature.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781974267576
Publisher:	CreateSpace Publishing
Publication date:	08/13/2017
Pages:	78
Product dimensions:	5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x 0.16(d)

About the Author

Philip Francis Nowlan (born 1888 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, died February 1, 1940 in Philadelphia) was an American science fiction author.
After graduating from the University of Pennsylvania he worked as a newspaper columnist. He married, moved to the Philadelphia suburb of Bala Cynwyd and created and wrote the Buck Rogers comic strip, illustrated by Dick Calkins. The character Buck Rogers first appeared in Nowlan's 1928 novella Armageddon 2419 A.D. as Anthony Rogers. The comic strip ran for over forty years and spun off a radio series, a 1939 movie serial, and two television series. Nowlan also wrote several other novellas for the science fiction magazines as well as the posthumously published mystery, The Girl from Nowhere. Philip Francis Nowlan was married to Theresa Junker Nowlan. They had ten children including Philip, Mary, Helen, Louise, Theresa, Mike, Larry, Pat, John, and Joe.