Willis George Emerson Explained
| Willis George Emerson |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1856 |
| Birth Place: | Blakesburg, Iowa |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation: | Writer, lawyer, politician |
Willis George Emerson (1856 - 1918) was an American novelist (a pioneer of American science fiction), Chicago newspaperman, lawyer, politician, and promoter, who formed the North American Copper Company in Wyoming.[1] He founded the town of Encampment, Wyoming.[1]
Biography
Willis George Emerson was born near Blakesburg, Iowa on March 28, 1856.[2]
He died at his home in Los Angeles on December 10, 1918.[2]
Works
- Winning Winds (1885)
- Grey Rocks: A tale of the Middle West (1894)
- Was It a Crime? "Coin at School" dissected (1900)
- Buell Hampton (1902)
- The Builders (1906)
- The Smoky God or a Voyage to the Inner World (1908)
- The Treasure of Hidden Valley (1915)
- A Vendetta of the Hills (1917)
- The Man who Discovered Himself (1919)
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Federal Writers' Project . Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways and People . 1981 . US History Publishers . 258 . 9781603540490 .
- News: Town Builder, Writer Dead . . 14 . 1918-12-13 . 2021-10-11 . Newspapers.com.
