Ball's Last Plane Out consists of two stories which share characters and then meld together. The first involves a group of travelers in a troubled Third World country, waiting for the last plane out, which they hope will carry them to safety. The second story is shared by an aviation buff who is given his chance to increase his flying skills by the airline that has been built by the pilot of the first story.
While in college he performed as a semi-professional magician under the name "Jacques Morintell" and "Howduzi".[2][3] He was listed in the "Who's Who in Magic" in the May 1933 issue of The Sphinx: An Independent Magazine for Magicians published from March 1902 through March 1953)[4] and contributed an article called "Further Ideas" to The Sphinx in 1937.[5]
Bibliographyedit
Virgil Tibbs seriesedit
Novels
In the Heat of the Night, Harper & Row Publishers, 1965
The Cool Cottontail, Harper & Row Publishers, 1966
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