George R. Stewart

Stewart's books about U.S. highways were based on his cross-country drives of 1924, 1949 and 1950. 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". His 1949 post-apocalyptic novel ''Earth Abides'' won the first International Fantasy Award in 1951. Provided by Wikipedia

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