Gordon rottman biography
- Biography.
- Gordon L. Rottman (born February 24, 1947) is an American author of mainly non-fiction, military history books.
- Gordon Rottman lives in Cypress, Texas.
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Gordon L. Rottman
Gordon L Rottman (February 24, 1947) entered the US Army in 1967, volunteered for Special Forces and completed training as a weapons specialist. He served in the 5th Special Forces Group in Vietnam in 1969-70 and subsequently in airborne infantry, long-range patrol and intelligence assignments until retiring after 26 years. He was a Special Operations Forces scenario writer at the Joint Readiness Training Center for 12 years and is now a freelance writer, living in Texas. He began writing military history books in 1984 and is currently a full-time author. He has written 50 books for Osprey.
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American author (1947-) of mainly non-fiction, military history books
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Best-selling author of the "Ride" series, including "The Hardest Ride," "Ride Harder," and "Marta's Ride," Gordon Rottman lives in Cypress, Texas. He served in the Army for 26 years including as a Green Beret in Vietnam and in the paratroopers, a long-range reconnaissance patrol unit, and military intelligence assignments. As a civilian contractor he wrote war games for Green Berets for 11 years. He’s written over 130 military history books and novels. The USA Today bestselling and Amazon Number 1 selling Western, "The Hardest Ride," garnered the: Western Fictioneer's Peacemaker Award for Best Western Novel Western Writer's of America Best Traditional Western Novel Western Fictioneer's Peacemaker Award for Best First Western Novel Finalist The fourth book in the series "Marta's Daughter" is due out in 2018. "History does not have to be boring." What readers have to say about Rottman’s books: 5 out of 5 stars Best Western I’ve read since Lonesome Dove Bycalman kurtzmanon December 5, 2017 5.0 out of 5 stars Move over Louis L'Amour! ByAmazon Customeron December 5, 2017 5.0 out of 5 s
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Gordon L. Rottman
Gordon L. Rottman (born February 24, 1947) is an American author of mainly non-fiction, military history books.
Rottman joined the United States Army Special Forces in 1967 as a non-commissioned officer. He was initially trained as a weapons specialist and took part in the Vietnam War with the 5th Special Forces Group from 1969 to 1970. In 1974, he transferred to the Texas Army National Guard where he served as an operations sergeant. In 1986 he became a part-time reservist in the United States Army Reserve, where he developed training scenarios. He later continued this activity as a freelancer for the Joint Readiness Training Center at Fort Polk.
Rottman has been writing military history books since 1984, initially as a part-time job, mainly for Osprey Publishing. He resides in Texas.[1][2] He has written over 130 books and novels.