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William Johnson (historian)
William Weber Johnson (1909–1992) was an American journalist, historian and writer whose work focused on the Old West and Mexico. Johnson worked as a journalist for a local paper in Illinois before working for the Associated Press in Chicago and Detroit. He joined Time Life in 1941. During World War II, Johnson worked as a war correspondent for ''Time'' embedded with British troops following D-Day. He later served as bureau chief in various places in and outside the United States, notably in Mexico. Johnson was well known for his interest in writer B. Traven and the Online Archive of California maintains a "Guide to the William W. Johnson collection on B. Traven". He is the author of eleven books, one of which, ''Mexico'', was translated in fourteen languages and sold millions of copies. Johnson received a Guggenheim Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowships are grants that have been awarded annually since by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation to those "who ha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Old West
The American frontier, also known as the Old West or the Wild West, encompasses the geography, history, folklore, and culture associated with the forward wave of American expansion in mainland North America that began with European colonial settlements in the early 17th century and ended with the admission of the last few western territories as states in 1912 (except Alaska, which was not admitted into the Union until 1959). This era of massive migration and settlement was particularly encouraged by President Thomas Jefferson following the Louisiana Purchase, giving rise to the expansionist attitude known as "Manifest Destiny" and the historians' " Frontier Thesis". The legends, historical events and folklore of the American frontier have embedded themselves into United States culture so much so that the Old West, and the Western genre of media specifically, has become one of the defining periods of American national identity. The archetypical Old West period is generally ac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and to the east by the Gulf of Mexico. Mexico covers ,Mexico ''''. . making it the world's 13th-largest country by are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
