Wilbur Smith detail of the local hunting and mining way of life, along with the romance and conflict that goes with it. As of 2014 his 35 published novels had sold more than 120 million copies, 24 million of them in Italy. Smith was born in Broken Hill, Northern Rhodesia (now Kabwe, Zambia). His father was a metal worker who opened a sheet metal factory and then bought a cattle ranch. "My father was a tough man", said Smith. "He was used to working with his hands and had massively developed arms from cutting metal. He was a boxer, a hunter, very
Wilbur D. Nesbit Wilbur D. Nesbit Wilbur Dick Nesbit, also known as Wilbur D. Nesbit and Josh Wink (1871-1927), was a poet and humorist. He is most known for his poem, "Your Flag and My Flag", which was popular during World War I. Throughout his career, he contributed his humor writing to many publications, including the "Chicago Inter Ocean", "Chicago Evening Post", "Chicago Tribune", and "Baltimore News-American". Nesbit was born on September 16, 1871 in Xenia, Ohio to John Harvey and Isabel (née Fichthrone) Nesbit. His father was an American Civil War veteran and worked as a court bailiff. Nesbit spent most of