Earl Schenck Miers (27 May 1910 – 17 November 1972) 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. 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 [1971] 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