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Secret Missions of the Civil War : Firsthand Accounts by Men and Women Who Risked Their Lives in Underground Activities for the North and South
Philip Van Doren Stern

Secret Missions of the Civil War : Firsthand Accounts by Men and Women Who Risked Their Lives in Underground Activities for the North and South

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About Philip Van Doren Stern

Philip Van Doren Stern (September 10, 1900 – July 31, 1984) was an American writer, editor, and Civil War historian whose story "The Greatest Gift", published in 1943, inspired the classic Christmas film It's a Wonderful Life (1946).


Philip Van Doren Stern was born in Wyalusing, Pennsylvania, into a family of humble means. His Pennsylvania-born father, Isadore Ullman, was a traveling merchant of Bavarian Jewish[1] descent, who came to Wyalusing from West Virginia with his New Jersey-born wife, the former Anne Van Doren. Stern grew up in Jersey City, New Jersey, and attended Lincoln High School in Jersey City before graduating from Rutgers University.