Mr. Murray teaches creative writing at the University of Iowa and farms five acres at nearby West Branch. Mr. Wilson, a free-lance photographer with a special interest in conservation, lives on Bainbridge
Charles Murray is a political scientist, author, and libertarian, and the F.A. Hayek Emeritus Chair in Cultural Studies at the American Enterprise Institute.
Ivan Musicant is the recipient of the 1987 Samuel Eliot Morison Award for Naval Literature. His latest book, The Banana Wars , will be published in May. He is currently at work on Divided Waters: The Civil
Philip Myers, a retired manufacturer of architectural millwork, has for over a half century devoted his spare time to writing. His first article appeared in Munsey’s Magazine in 1917.
John Myers Myers, who lives in Tempe, Arizona, is the author of such books on the Southwest as The Alamo, The Last Chance: Tombstone’s Early Years , and Doc Holliday .
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