Landon Y. (Lanny) Jones is an American editor and author. He is a former managing editor of ''

People magazine ''People'' is an American weekly magazine that specializes in celebrity news and human-interest stories. It is published by Dotdash Meredith, a subsidiary of IAC. With a readership of 46.6 million adults in 2009, ''People'' had the lar ...

'' and the author of ''William Clark and the Shaping of the West'', a biography of

William Clark William Clark (August 1, 1770 – September 1, 1838) was an American explorer, soldier, Indian agent, and territorial governor. A native of Virginia, he grew up in pre-statehood Kentucky before later settling in what became the state of Miss ...

, joint leader of the

Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of Discovery Expedition, was the United States expedition to cross the newly acquired western portion of the country after the Louisiana Purchase. The Corps of Discovery was a select gr ...

. Jones also edited a selection of the expedition journals, ''The Essential Lewis and Clark'', and is the author of ''Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation.''

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Landon People from St. Louis County, Missouri Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Princeton University alumni Writers from Bozeman, Montana