George R. Stewart

George Rippey Stewart
Stewart's books about U.S. highways were based on his cross-country drives of 1924, 1949 and 1950.
Born	(1895-05-31)May 31, 1895 Sewickley, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	August 22, 1980(1980-08-22) (aged 85) San Francisco, California, U.S.[1]
Occupations	Historian novelist toponymist professor
Academic background
Alma mater	Princeton University (BA) University of California, Berkeley (MA) Columbia University (PhD)

George Rippey Stewart Jr. (May 31, 1895 – August 22, 1980) was an American historian, toponymist, novelist, and a professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley. His 1959 book, Pickett's Charge, a detailed history of the final attack at the Battle of Gettysburg, was termed "essential for an understanding of the Battle of Gettysburg".^[2] His 1949 post-apocalyptic novel Earth Abides won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951.