Jules Archer (January 27, 1915 – November 13, 2008)Guide to the Jules Archer Papers 1947-1977
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author who wrote many volumes of non-fiction history for a general audience and for young adults. Archer attended

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and the College of the City of New York, where he received a degree in advertising. Archer served four years during

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with the

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in the

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. He wrote many books on

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, political events, and personalities, including ''The Plot to Seize the White House: The Shocking True Story of the Conspiracy to Overthrow FDR,'' and ''Jungle Fighters: A G.I. War Correspondent's Experiences in the New Guinea Campaign''. Archer lived the remainder of his life in

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Jules Archer
accessed January 16, 2011 His papers are held by the

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Libraries.

Publications

*''Battlefield President Dwight D. Eisenhower'' *''Fighting Journalist Horace Greeley'' *''Front-Line General Douglas MacArthur'' *''Man of Steel Joseph Stalin'', Julian Messner 1965 *''Twentieth Century Caesar Benito Mussolini'' *''Angry Abolitionist William Loyd Garrison'', Julian Messner 1969 *''The Philippines' Fight for Freedom'', Crowell-Collier Press 1970, *''Treason in America: Disloyalty Versus Dissent'', E P Dutton 1971, *''Ho Chi Minh: Legend of Hanoi'', Bailey Bros.& Swinfen Ltd 1973, *''They Made a Revolution, 1776'', 1975 *''The Plot to Seize the White House'', 1973/2007 *''Mexico and the United States'', 1973 *''The Incredible Sixties: The Stormy Years That Changed America'', 1986 * ''Who's Running Your Life?: A Look at Young People's Rights'', Harcourt Brace Jovanovich 1979, *''Resistance'', 1973 *''They Had a Dream: The Civil Rights Struggle from Frederick Douglass to Marcus Garvey to Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X'', 1996, Puffin Books, *''Winners and Losers: How Elections Work in America'', 1984 *''Mao Tse-Tung'', 1972 * ''Breaking Barriers: The Feminist Revolution from Susan B. Anthony to Margaret ...'', 1998 * ''You Can't Do That to Me: Famous Fights for Human Rights'', 1980,

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Archer, Jules 20th-century American historians Historians of the United States American non-fiction children's writers American military writers American political writers American male non-fiction writers United States Army Air Forces soldiers United States Army Air Forces personnel of World War II City College of New York alumni DeWitt Clinton High School alumni People from Scotts Valley, California 1915 births 2008 deaths 20th-century American male writers Historians from New York City Historians from California