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Alfred Steinberg was an American historian and writer who, during his prolific career, wrote 20 books on American history and 200 magazine articles for Reader's Digest, Collier's, Harper's, among others. His books for adult readers included biographies of Mrs. Roosevelt (Mrs. R), Presidents Harry Truman(The Man From Missouri) and Lyndon Johnson (Sam Johnson's Boy), Senator Tom Connally, House Speaker Sam Rayburn (Sam Rayburn), the first ten Presidents of the United States (The First Ten), and the political bosses who ruled the American political machines that dominated in the 1920's and 1930's (The Bosses). His twelve books for the Lives to Remember Series included biographies of Hubert Hoover, James Madison, John Adams, Woodrow Wilson, Douglas MacArthur, The Kennedy Brothers, Admiral Richard Byrd, Mrs. Roosevelt, Danial Webster and others. His magazine articles told about not only the Washington political landscape but nearly every aspect of the American experience.

Mr. Steinberg was born in 1917 in St. Paul, Minnesota. He entered the University of Minnesota at 16 and graduated from there with both undergraduate and master's degrees in Political Science and Economics. He moved to Washington, DC, in 1940 with his wife also a University of Minnesota graduate (Economics) to work for the Federal government. His began his literary career in 1948 with his magazine article on the unlawful internment Japanese-American citizens during WW II. His work was known for in depth original research and the ability to condense vast amounts of information into interesting and highly readable narrations. He died in February 1995 of a stroke.

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