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Wallace Thompson
1883–1936
A globe-trotting journalist and editor, he wrote vividly about Mexico, Central America, and world politics for both newspapers and magazines. His books mix reporting, travel, and sharp opinions shaped by years spent covering revolutions and international affairs.
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Trading with Mexico
by Wallace Thompson
About the author
Born in Topeka, Kansas, in 1883, Wallace Thompson built his career early in journalism and spent important years reporting from Mexico. Reliable library and biographical records connect him with books including Trading with Mexico and The People of Mexico; Who They Are and How They Live, works that helped introduce U.S. readers to Mexican politics, society, and commerce.
Thompson also wrote for major periodicals, including The Atlantic, and his career reached beyond Mexico into broader international reporting and commentary. Sources describe him as an editor, author, and political correspondent whose writing often drew on first-hand experience in Latin America and Europe.
He died in 1936 at age fifty-three. Today, he is remembered mainly for nonfiction that captures how the United States looked at Mexico and its neighbors in the early twentieth century — useful both as reportage and as a window into the attitudes of his time.