Dutton, 1949) reprinted by Ace Books from 1966 Myers' non-fiction works included a history of the Alamo, the first biography of Doc Holliday, a study of the vigilante movement in San Francisco, and a well-researched biography of Hugh Glass, an early American fur trapper and frontiersman. His last book, The Moon's Fire-Eating Daughter (1981), was advertised as a sequel to Silverlock. The novel's settings and characters, other than the protagonist, are drawn entirely from numerous other works of literature, such as the Odyssey and Don Quixote. Myers' best-known work is the literary fantasy novel Silverlock, published in 1949, which was reprinted in 1966 by Ace Books, with forewords and accolades from Poul Anderson, Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle. His first book, The Harp and the Blade (1941), was a historical novel set in tenth-century France. Myers published seventeen books, ranging from fantasy and historical fiction of the American Old West to epic poetry and histories of the West.
At Arizona State University he had taught writing, conducted a writers conference, and assembled Western Americana for ASU Libraries. Myers lived "in the chaparal cock country north and east of Mesa, Arizona, within visiting range of our two daughters". While there he worked as editorial writer for the local newspaper.Īs of 1984, J.M. In 1948, he moved to Tempe, Arizona to do research for The Last Chance, and stayed there as he was by that time enamored of the West. They had two daughters, Anne Caldwell Myers and Celia Myers. He and Charlotte Shanahan met while he was stationed at Fort Knox and they were married in 1943. After extensive travel through Europe and the United States, Myers worked for the New York World and San Antonio Evening News. He later attended the University of New Mexico to study anthropology, but never completed a degree.
Stephens College and then Middlebury College, but was expelled from the latter for writing unflattering verse about the faculty. He was named for his grandfather John Myers, "the extra Myers, sparing me a dynastic 'II' as per race horses, cars, and yachts." Myers grew up in various places in New York, including New Paltz and New York City. Myers was born in Northport, Long Island on January 11, 1906, to John Caldwell Myers and Alice O'Neil McCorry Myers. He is known best for the fantasy novel Silverlock (1949), in which a man with a Master of Business Administration travels through a fantasy land, meeting dozens of characters from myth, legend, and romance for adventure and instruction. John Myers Myers (Janu– October 30, 1988) was an American writer. JSTOR ( July 2010) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message).Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. This article needs additional citations for verification.
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