Howard Sachar

Howard Morley Sachar (born February 10, 1928) is an American historian and an author. His writings have been published in six languages. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and reared in Champaign, Illinois, Howard Sachar received his undergraduate education at Swarthmore College and took his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard University. Based in Washington, D.C., where he is Professor Emeritus of Modern History at George Washington University, Sachar h... more

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