Ted Meyers

Edward C. Meyers, who also writes under the name Ted Meyers, has seven non-fiction books published. Two concern the history of the Royal Canadian Navy. Two others are of the Old West. One, "Wild Canadian West", concerns lawmen and outlaws who were part of Canada's Old West. The other takes place in the American Old West. It tells the story of Wyatt Earp's darkest secret. "Mattie: Wyatt Earp's Secret Second Wife", narrates the tragic life of Mattie Blaylock (1850-1888) who, from 1871 was Earp's second wife and then, from 1882 until Earp's death in 1928, was his darkest, most closely guarded secret. E.C. Meyers was born at Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1931. He served several years in the Canadian Armed Forces during which time he visited many parts of the world. He saw action in the Korean War from 1950 to 1952 and served in Canada's peacekeeping effort in the mid-east following the 1956 Israeli-Egytian War. Following his CAF service he worked for the Ontario Government until retiring in 1991. Since then he has spent his retirement years actively researching his greatest interest - the Old West on both sides of the border and writing on a variety of other subjects. At present he is busy writing an account of the 1877 Nez Perce War in which less than 200 warriors from five Nez Perce bands humiliated the US Army of the Northwest. Led by Chief Joseph, Chief White Bird and Chief Looking Glass the Nez Perce warriors defeated General Oliver Howard's forces in a series of battles and skirmishes over a period of five months. Then, within 45 miles of the Canadian border and safety, fate turned against them and they were forced to surrender although some did manage to escape into Canada. For a future work Mr. Meyers is considering a book about little known adventures of the Northwest Mounted Police in the late 1800s.