The How and Why Wonder Book of the Civil War

by Earl Schenck Miers

The United States Civil War killed more Americans than in World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War and the Iraqi War and the Gulf Wars. Please be ready to really learn the lessons taught while reading the true events that happened.

Paperback

First published October 31, 1988

About the author

Earl Schenck Miers was an American historian. He wrote over 100 published 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. 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.