| Willis George Emerson | |
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| Born | (1856-03-28)March 28, 1856 Blakesburg, Iowa |
| Died | December 10, 1918(1918-12-10) (aged 62) Los Angeles, California |
| Occupation(s) | 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. He founded the town of Encampment, Wyoming.
Biography
Willis George Emerson was born near Blakesburg, Iowa on March 28, 1856.
He died at his home in Los Angeles on December 10, 1918.
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)
References
- ^ Federal Writers' Project (1981). Wyoming: A Guide to Its History, Highways and People. US History Publishers. p. 258. ISBN 9781603540490.
- ^ "Town Builder, Writer Dead". The Los Angeles Times. December 13, 1918. p. 14. Retrieved October 11, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Works by Willis George Emerson at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about Willis George Emerson at the Internet Archive
- Works by Willis George Emerson at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
- Willis George Emerson at Wyoming Authors