Merle Miller noted author and biographer of US presidents Harry Truman and Lyndon Johnson. Three years before his best-selling book Plain Speaking, An Oral Biography of Harry S. Truman (1974), he wrote a personal account "What It Means to Be a Homosexual" published in The New York Times Magazine January 17, 1971. January 17 is the 17th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ...

Born May 17, 1919 in Montour, Iowa, he grew up in Marshalltown, Iowa, attended University of Iowa and London School of Economics; Served in the U.S. Army Air Corps as an editor of Yank (1942-1945); Editor of Time and Harper's magazines (1945-1949). Author of That Winter (first published novel, 1948); The Sure Thing (1949); Only You, Dick Daring! (1964); On Being Different (1971); Lyndon: An Oral Biography (1980). Died in Danbury, Connecticut of complications of abdominal surgery June 10, 1986. May 17 is the 137th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (138th in leap years). ... Montour is a city located in Tama County, Iowa. ... Marshalltown is a city located in Marshall County, Iowa. ... The University of Iowa is a university in Iowa City, Iowa. ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, often called the London School of Economics or the LSE, is one of the worlds major specialist universities in economics and social sciences. ... 1. ... Yank: the Army Weekly was a newspaper for American soldiers during World War II. External links The YANK page (www. ... (Clockwise from upper left) Time magazine covers from May 7, 1945; July 25, 1969; December 31, 1999; September 14, 2001; and April 21, 2003. ... City nickname: The Hat City Location in the state of Connecticut County Fairfield County, Connecticut Area  - Total  - Water 114. ... June 10 is the 161st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (162nd in leap years), with 204 days remaining. ...

links

• Des Moines Register Famous Iowans (http://desmoinesregister.com/extras/iowans/millerm.html)

• Harry S. Truman Library Merle Miller Papers (http://www.trumanlibrary.org/hstpaper/millerm.htm)

• University of Iowa Library Manuscript Register: Papers of Merle Miller (http://www.lib.uiowa.edu/spec-coll/MSC/ToMsC700/MsC660/mmiller.htm)