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William Clinton Ewing
1875–1947
A careful local historian of Williamsburg, he wrote lively guidebooks that helped visitors see the city as both a real town and a living piece of colonial America. His work blends practical touring advice with a clear affection for place and history.
1 Audiobook
Guide book to Williamsburg, old and new
by William Clinton Ewing
About the author
William Clinton Ewing (1875–1947) is known for writing about Williamsburg, Virginia, especially Guide Book to Williamsburg Old and New. Surviving catalog and ebook records show him as the author of that guidebook, published in the 1940s, and of The Sports of Colonial Williamsburg, another work centered on the city’s past.
His writing appears to have been aimed at general readers rather than specialists. In Guide Book to Williamsburg Old and New, he presents Williamsburg as both a historic landmark and a place people could explore on foot, making local history feel approachable and concrete.
Not much detailed biographical information was readily confirmed from reliable online sources during this search, so the safest picture is a modest one: Ewing was an early-20th-century writer with a strong interest in Williamsburg and colonial history, and his books helped preserve and share that story for later readers.