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Stuart McIver

Stuart Betts McIver (December 25, 1921 – April 24, 2008) was a historian and author of 14 books as well as numerous magazine and newspaper articles. Much of his written work related to Florida including ''Touched by the Sun (Florida Chronicles)'' and ''Death in the Everglades'' about the murder of conservation pioneer Guy Bradley. He was also a scriptwriter and director of documentary films. He appeared as himself in ''City Confidential'', Season 1, Episode 12 "Ft. Lauderdale: Sin in the Sun". He served six years on the board of the Broward County Historical Commission.

McIver was born on December 25, 1921, in Sanford, North Carolina, where his father was a country doctor. He studied journalism at the University of North Carolina and started his career writing for newspapers at ''The Greensboro Daily News'', ''Charlotte News'' and ''Baltimore Sun''.

He wrote for ''Gold Coast'', ''Florida Sportsman'', ''Boca Raton'', and ''South Florida'' magazines. He received awards from the Florida Historical Society, Florida Historical Confederation, Broward County Historical Commission and Fort Lauderdale Historical Society. He served as editor of the Historical Association of Southern Florida and the Caribbean's ''South Florida History Magazine''. Provided by Wikipedia
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