Slason Thompson

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Slason Thompson

1849–1935

Remembered as a newspaperman, poet, and early public-relations pioneer, he moved easily between literary circles and the booming railroad world. He also became one of the best-known friends and biographers of Eugene Field.

2 Audiobooks

Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2

Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 2

by Slason Thompson

Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1

Eugene Field, a Study in Heredity and Contradictions — Volume 1

by Slason Thompson

About the author

Born in Fredericton, New Brunswick, on January 5, 1849, Slason Thompson built a varied career as a journalist, author, and editor. Sources describe him as a newspaperman and poet, and bibliographic records show a long run of published work stretching from verse collections to literary biography and railroad history.

He is especially associated with Eugene Field. Thompson wrote major books about Field, including Eugene Field: A Study in Heredity and Contradictions and later Life of Eugene Field: The Poet of Childhood, which helped preserve the story of one of America’s most popular poets.

Thompson also played an important part in railroad publicity and information work. Contemporary and bibliographic sources connect him with Chicago’s Bureau of Railway News and Statistics, and his later books include A Short History of American Railways as well as volumes of The Railway Library. He died in 1935, leaving behind a career that linked literature, journalism, and American industry.