Gene Smith

GENE SMITH was an American biographer and popular historian who authored 19 books, including the 1964 New York Times bestseller When the Cheering Stopped: The Last Years of Woodrow Wilson. His recent books include Mounted Warriors: From Alexander the Great and Cromwell to Stuart, Sheridan and Custer, Until the Last Trumpet Sounds: The Life of General of the Armies John J. Pershing and Lee and Grant: A Dual Biography.

Smith held a degree in history from the University of Wisconsin and worked as a journalist at Newsweek, The Newark Star-Ledger and The New York Post before writing books full-time. He was a long-time contributor to American Heritage magazine.

Smith served in the U.S. Army in Germany in the early 1950s and his work centered on military and political biography. He died on July 25, 2012, in Poughkeepsie, New York, at the age of 83.

Gene Smith’s books are published by Trade Paper Press, an imprint of Turner Publishing.

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