Frederick W. Turner (sometimes Frederick Turner), born in Chicago in 1937,[1] is an American writer of history, including an acclaimed biography of the naturalist John Muir, and historical novels.
He has published a revised and annotated edition of Geronimo's 1906 autobiography.
Turner received a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in 1976 and a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1981.
[2][3][4] Since the turn of the 21st century, Turner has published three novels: Turner's earlier works were histories and biographies, particularly of figures and periods of the American West: