George Findley Willison (1896 – 1972) was a writer and editor who specialized in American history. He also worked in education, journalism, public relations, and the military.

He was born in Colorado

Colorado

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 and lived much of his life in New York

New York

New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...

. Notable among his books is Saints and Strangers

Saints and Strangers

Saints and Strangers is a book by George F Willison published in 1945 by Reynal & Hitchcock, New York.Its full title, Saints and Strangers - Being the Lives of the Pilgrim Fathers & Their Families, with Their Friends & Foes: & and Account of Their Posthumous Wanderings in Limbo, Their Final...

, about the lives of the Mayflower

Mayflower

The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...

 Pilgrims. He also wrote CliffsNotes

CliffsNotes

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for the books Pilgrim's Progress and The Federalist, and contributed to the History of Pittsfield, MA.

His books include:

• Here They Dug The Gold (1931, rev. 1945)
• Why Wars are Declared (1936)
• Saints and Strangers (1945)
• Behold Virginia! - The Fifth Crown (1952)
• I Am an American - Patrick Henry and His World (1969)