Miles Harvey is an American journalist and author. He is best known for his 2000 book, "The Island of Lost Maps", which recounted the strange story of a Floridian named Gilbert Bland, who stole many old and precious maps from various libraries across America. Harvey graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1984 with a B.S. degree in journalism and earned an M.F.A. degree in English from the University of Michigan in 1991. Wikipedia
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It took "years" for Harvey to research and write The Island of Lost Maps . "I realized that the kind of book I wanted to write was a hybrid," he says. www.bellastander.com/writer/miles.htm
Miles Harvey WHY I MARRIED MY WIFE My wife, who has an unlabored comfort with the world that I admire (except in those rare moments when I truly despise it), teases me that I am never capable of leaving well enough alone. www.hti.umich.edu/cgi/t/text/text-idx?c=mqr;cc=mqr;q1=fal...
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