Earl Schenck Miers

Earl Schenck Miers was an American historian. He wrote over 100 books, mostly about the history of the American [Civil War]. Some of them were intended for children, including three historic novels in the We Were There series.

Biography

Miers was born in Brooklyn. He moved to Hackensack, New Jersey as a child and started writing with a typewriter while he was in school as his cerebral palsy prevented his ability to write with a pencil.
Miers received honorary degrees from Lincoln College and Rutgers University.
On 17 November 1972, at the age of 62, Miers died at his home in Edison, New Jersey.