title: Thomson Burtis
text: # Thomson Burtis
  
  Henry Thomson Burtis (1896–1971) was an American writer.
  
  Burtis was born in New York. After serving as a lieutenant in US Army Air Service and as a member of the aerial border patrol, Burtis worked as a newspaper reporter before becoming a writer. He wrote more than two hundred stories for pulp magazines such as Adventure as well as over 20 novels, most of which had an aviation theme and were written for children. Many of his stories appeared in The American Boy. In Old Oklahoma was one of several films that were adapted from his short stories.
  
  Thomson Burtis died in Santa Monica, California, on April 24, 1971.
  
  