Dude! I am here 4 U..HALLE-EFFIN'-LUJAH!!!
I have been trying to remember Jack Douglas name for a few years now! All I had to go on was a few clues to one of his books and an internet search got me nowhere! I just started looking again yesterday and must have spent three hours searching without even getting close.
And then you post this and solved the mystery.
Thank you.
(BTW the book I was looking for is, "Shut up and eat your snowshoes". I read it in English class back in the mid '70s)