1965 Press Photo Reuben R. Merliss, author of "The Year of the Death"

Reuben R. Merliss, author of "The Year of the Death" (Doubleday, $4.95) is a practicing physician. He has written a suspense novel of a medieval doctor who found himself fighting the battle against the Black Plague single-handedly

Photo is dated 1965.

Photo measures 7 x 9.5 inches.