Willis Fletcher Johnson (1857 – March 29, 1931), was an author, journalist, and lecturer who had a twenty-year tenure as the foreign and diplomatic editorial writer for ''
The New York Tribune
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Critical reception
According to Paula Hunt, writing in ''
The New England Quarterly
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'' in 2015, Johnson's ''Colonel Henry Ludington: A Memoir'' was published privately by
Ludington's grandchildren, Charles H. and Lavinia Elizabeth Ludington. The biography, according to Hunt, "offers a laudatory account" of the colonel's life; Hunt states that it "was certainly not of the order of Johnson’s usual projects", noting that it was omitted from his ''
New York Times
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'' obituary. She writes that the ''
New England Historical & Genealogical Register'' reviewed it as a "charming, simple memoir", which she says was intended to "remedy a belief that the Revolution-era militia and its officers had not received the recognition they deserved and to ensure the colonel's place in American history", citing page vii of the ''Memoirs''. She characterized the work as a "not wholly reliable source".
Works
Some of Johnson's works include:
* Life of
Wm. Tecumseh Sherman.
* Colonel Henry Ludington A Memoir
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1857 births
1931 deaths
New-York Tribune personnel
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