John Chester Miller (1907-1991) was a US historian who wrote of the American Revolution and its prominent figures. His books were well received. Born in

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, he studied at

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for a year before transferring to Harvard University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in 1930. Encouraged by

Samuel Eliot Morison Samuel Eliot Morison (July 9, 1887 – May 15, 1976) was an American historian noted for his works of maritime history and American history that were both authoritative and popular. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1912, and tau ...

to change his postgraduate focus to history, he received master's and doctoral degrees in that field during the 1930s. He taught at

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and at

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Bibliography

* ''Sam Adams, Pioneer in Propaganda.'' Stanford University Press, 1936. . * ''Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts.''

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, 1951. . * ''Alexander Hamilton: Portrait in Paradox.'' Harper, 1959. * ''Origins of the American Revolution: With a New Introd, and a Bibliography.'' Stanford University Press, 1959. . * ''The Federalist Era 1789-1801''.

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, 1960. . * ''The First Frontier: Life in Colonial America''.

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, 1966. * ''The Wolf by the Ears: Thomas Jefferson and Slavery.'' Published with the

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, University Press of Virginia, 1991. .

Reviews

* ''The Wolf by the Ears.'' Indiana Museum of History

* ''Crisis in Freedom: The Alien and Sedition Acts.''

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* ''The Federalist Era''.

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References

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