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Justin Harvey Smith
1857–1930
Best known for turning the Mexican–American War into a major work of scholarship, this American historian wrote with the patience of a researcher and the drive of a storyteller. His books helped shape how early 20th-century readers understood the history of the United States and its neighbors.
2 Audiobooks
The War with Mexico, Volume 1 (of 2)
by Justin Harvey Smith
The War with Mexico, Volume 2 (of 2)
by Justin Harvey Smith
About the author
Born in Boscawen, New Hampshire, on January 13, 1857, Justin Harvey Smith became an American historian best known for his deep study of the Mexican–American War. He studied at Dartmouth College and later at Union Theological Seminary, and he went on to teach modern history at Dartmouth.
Smith wrote several history books, including Arnold's March from Cambridge to Quebec and Our Struggle for the Fourteenth Colony. His best-known work, The War with Mexico, earned major recognition, including the Pulitzer Prize for History. He was also active in the American Historical Association, serving as chairman of its Historical Manuscripts Commission.
His work is remembered for careful research and a serious interest in North American history, especially the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Smith died in Brooklyn, New York, on March 21, 1930.