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W. Y. (William Yoast) Morgan
1866–1932
A Kansas newspaperman with a lively eye for travel, he turned his adventures into humorous books that carried a distinctly Jayhawker point of view. He is best remembered for blending reporting, public life, and storytelling in works like A Journey of a Jayhawker and A Jayhawker in Europe.
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A Journey of a Jayhawker
by W. Y. (William Yoast) Morgan
A Jayhawker in Europe
by W. Y. (William Yoast) Morgan
About the author
Born in Cincinnati in 1866 and later closely identified with Kansas, William Yoast Morgan built a career as a newspaperman, writer, and public figure. He became well known in Hutchinson, Kansas, and also served as lieutenant governor of the state from 1915 to 1919.
As an author, he wrote travel books with an easygoing, observant style. A Journey of a Jayhawker is the work most often associated with him, and A Jayhawker in Europe continued that mix of humor, curiosity, and personal travel narrative.
Morgan died in 1932. His writing still offers a window into how an early 20th-century American journalist saw the wider world, with a strong sense of place and a conversational tone that keeps the books approachable.