Jean Edward SmithJean Edward Smith is an acclaimed biographer and university professor. Named "Today's foremost biographer of formidable figures in American history" by George Will, he has written biographies on a number of prominent figures in US hitory. His work has earned him many awards and accolades; his biography of Ulysses S. Grant was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in 2002, and his biography on President Dwight D. Eisenhower, Eisenhower in War and Peace, was a New York Times bestseller. Currently, Smith is the John Marshall Professor of Political Science at Marshall University; he also taught previously at the University of Toronto as a professor of political economy for 35 years. Read More Read Less