Brigadier General Arthur Seymour Nevins (July 19, 1891–January 19, 1979) was a career army officer; a close friend of

Dwight D. Eisenhower Dwight David "Ike" Eisenhower (born David Dwight Eisenhower; ; October 14, 1890 – March 28, 1969) was an American military officer and statesman who served as the 34th president of the United States from 1953 to 1961. During World War II, ...

; and the manager of the Eisenhower's Gettysburg Farm. Nevins was born in Illinois, and was a brother of

Allan Nevins Joseph Allan Nevins (May 20, 1890 – March 5, 1971) was an American historian and journalist, known for his extensive work on the history of the Civil War and his biographies of such figures as Grover Cleveland, Hamilton Fish, Henry Ford, ...

, the noted historian. He joined the Army in 1917 and served under Dwight D. Eisenhower in the

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in the 1930s and in North Africa and Europe during

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. Nevins retired from the Army in 1946 but continued to have frequent contacts with Dwight D. Eisenhower. In 1950 Dwight D. and Mamie Eisenhower bought a farm adjacent to the

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, intending to use it as a place to live when they retired. Eisenhower was preparing to leave for Europe where he had been appointed Supreme Commander of

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forces, so he hired Nevins to manage the farm for him. Nevins moved to Gettysburg in April 1951 and managed Eisenhower's farm until Eisenhower retired from the presidency in 1961. Nevins settled on an adjoining farm and remained a close friend of Eisenhower until Eisenhower's death in 1969. Soon after Eisenhower's death, General Nevins began to write a book about their friendship. In 1972 he provided the Eisenhower Presidential Library with a copy of the rough draft of the manuscript, which he had titled "Looking Back Over More Than Fifty Years of Friendship With General Eisenhower." The book was eventually published in 1977 by Carlton Press of New York City under the title "Gettysburg’s Five-Star Farmer."

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Manuscript draft of "Looking Back Over More Than Fifty Years of Friendship With General Eisenhower", Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library
{{DEFAULTSORT:Nevins, Arthur S. 1891 births 1979 deaths United States Army generals Recipients of the Distinguished Service Medal (US Army) Recipients of the Legion of Merit 20th-century American non-fiction writers People from Adams County, Illinois Burials at Gettysburg National Cemetery United States Army personnel of World War I United States Army generals of World War II Military personnel from Illinois