Peter Tompkins

American journalist
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroAmerican journalist
PlacesUnited States of America
wasWriter Journalist
Work fieldJournalism Literature
Gender
Male
Birth19 April 1919, Athens, Clarke County, Georgia, USA
Death24 January 2007Shepherdstown, Jefferson County, West Virginia, USA (aged 87 years)
Star signAries
Awards
Order of Merit of the Italian Republic 
The details

Biography

Peter Tompkins (April 19, 1919 - January 23, 2007) was an American journalist, World War II Office of Strategic Services (OSS) spy in Rome, and best-selling author.

Biography

He was war correspondent for the New York Herald Tribune and CBS during World War II. In 1943 he was recruited by the OSS and utilized as an undercover agent in Italy in 1944. He worked closely with Maurizio Giglio, an Italian policeman who was an OSS secret agent. In 1962 he published his diary, titled A Spy in Rome (New York: Simon & Schuster).

His best-known books are The Secret Life of Plants (1973), Secrets of the Great Pyramid (1971; paperback reprint, 1997), and Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids (1976). His Secrets of the Great Pyramid, Mysteries of the Mexican Pyramids and The Magic of Obelisks have become classics of "New Age" literature.

In 1977, he hosted a documentary film called Secrets of the Bermuda Triangle, directed by Donald Brittain.

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