Peter Tompkins
From Kook Science
| Peter Tompkins | |
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| Born | 29 April 1919 Athens, Clark Co., Georgia |
| Died | 24 January 2007 (87) Shepherdstown, Jefferson Co., West Virginia |
Peter Tompkins (April 29, 1919 - January 24, 2007) was an American intelligence agent, employed by the OSS as an undercover agent in Italy during the Second World War, who became a "New Age" writer in his later years, noted as author of such works as Secrets of the Great Pyramid (1971) and as co-author (with Christopher O. Bird) of The Secret Life of Plants (1973).
Selected Bibliography
- Tompkins, Peter (1962), A Spy in Rome, New York: Simon & Schuster
- Tompkins, Peter (1963), The Eunuch and the Virgin: A Study of Curious Customs, New York: C. N. Potter
- Tompkins, Peter (1965), The Murder of Admiral Darlan: A Study in Conspiracy, New York: Simon & Schuster
- Tompkins, Peter (1966), Italy Betrayed, New York: Simon & Schuster
- Tompkins, Peter; Bird, Christopher (1973), The Secret Life of Plants, New York: Harper & Row
- Tompkins, Peter (1981), The Magic of Obelisks, New York: Harper & Row
- Tompkins, Peter (1987), Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids, New York: Harper & Row
- Tompkins, Peter; Bird, Christopher (1991), Secrets of the Soil: New Solutions for Restoring our Planet, London: Viking Arkana