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Samuel Agnew Schreiner, Jr. (born June 6, 1921) is an American writer. Born in Mt. Lebanon, a suburb of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, he graduated from Princeton University in 1942. During World War II he served in the U.S. Army Office of Strategic Services as a cryptographer from 1942–5. He served in China-Burma-India theater and became first lieutenant, receiving both a Bronze Star and Presidential Unit Citation. He began his career as a reporter for the ''McKeesport Daily News'' and the ''Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph'' from 1946–51. At ''Parade'' in New York he was a writer and assistant managing editor from 1951–5. He then moved to ''Reader's Digest'' where he served as an editor from 1955–1974. In 1974 he devoted himself full-time to writing. ==Books== * ''Thine Is the Glory'', novel (New York: Arbor House, 1975). * ''Pleasant Places'', novel (New York: Arbor House, 1976). * ''The Condensed World of the Reader's Digest'', nonfiction (Chicago: Stein Publishing, 1977). * ''Angelica'', novel (New York: Arbor House, 1977). * ''The Possessors and the Possessed'', novel (New York: Arbor House, 1980). * ''The Van Alens: First Family of a Nation's First City'', novel (New York: Arbor House, 1981). * ''A Place Called Princeton'', nonfiction (New York: Arbor House, 1984). * ''The Trials of Mrs. Lincoln'', nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1987). * ''Cycles: Recurring Forces That Can Predict Changes in Your Health, Moods, Relationships, Financial Investments, the Wealth '', nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990). * ''May Day! May Day!'', nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990). * ''Code of Conduct'', (With Everett Alvarez), nonfiction (New York: Donald I. Fine, 1990). * ''Henry Clay Frick'', biography (New York: St. Martin's Press, 1995). * ''The Passionate Beechers: A Family Saga of Sanctity and Scandal that Changed America'', biography (New York: John Wiley, 2004). * ''The Concord Quartet: Alcott, Emerson, Hawthorne, Thoreau and the Friendship That Freed the American Mind'', biography (New York: John Wiley, 2006). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel A. Schreiner, Jr.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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