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Col. James Saxon Childers
James Saxon Childers (April 19, 1899 - July 17, 1965) was an American educator, newspaperman, author, and publisher. He wrote numerous novels, biographies, and travel books based on his own extensi...view moreJames Saxon Childers (April 19, 1899 - July 17, 1965) was an American educator, newspaperman, author, and publisher. He wrote numerous novels, biographies, and travel books based on his own extensive travels before, during, and after World War II. He received a Bachelor’s degree from Oberlin College, Ohio and in 1923 entered Oxford University as a Rhodes Scholar, completing a second Bachelor’s degree and a Master’s degree. From 1925 to 1942, he was a faculty member in the English Department of Birmingham-Southern College. Childers served in the military in World War I and World War II and later used his assignments as an aviator and intelligence officer in his 1942 spy novel Enemy Outpost and in the 1943 War Eagles. He died of cancer in 1965 at the age of 66.view less