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 M. Smith School, Deerfield, where he taught from 1963 to 1967. From 1967 until his retirement in 1971. Wilbur M. Smith was the editor of the annual " Sunday School Peloubet's Select Notes on the International Bible Lessons for Christian Teaching", a collection of the thoughts and doctrines of Bible scholars, for more than 40 years. Smith was theologically astute and was known as a bibliophile. He had one of the world's largest personal Christian libraries. Smith wrote regular articles in the "Bibliotheca Sacra", "Moody Monthly" and "Sunday School Times". He wrote more than 60 books on various theological topics. His books