Earl Schenck Miers (27 May 1910 – 17 November 1972) was an American historian. He wrote over 100 books, mostly about the history of the

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. Some of them were intended for children, including three historic novels in the ''

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'' series.

Biography

Miers was born in

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. He moved to

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as a child and started writing with a typewriter while he was in school as his

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prevented his ability to write with a pencil. Miers received honorary degrees from Lincoln College and

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. On 17 November 1972, at the age of 62, Miers died at his home in Edison, New Jersey.Miers, Earl Schenck & Richard A. Brown (1996). Gettysburg: A New Edition with a Foreword by James I. Robertson, Jr. . Originally published: New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, 1948.

Bibliography

*''Crossroads of Freedom: The American Revolution and the Rise of a New Nation.'' by Earl Schenck Miers. New Brunswick, N.J., Rutgers University Press

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References

People from Edison, New Jersey Writers from Hackensack, New Jersey Lincoln College (Illinois) alumni Rutgers University alumni Historians of the American Civil War 1910 births 1972 deaths 20th-century American historians American male non-fiction writers Historians from New Jersey 20th-century American male writers {{US-historian-stub