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Willis Fletcher Johnson
1857–1931
A veteran journalist and lecturer, he wrote widely on foreign affairs and American history, bringing a reporter’s eye to big public subjects. His career included a long stretch as the foreign and diplomatic editorial writer for the New York Tribune.
10 Audiobooks
History of the Johnstown Flood
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
The History of Cuba, vol. 5
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
The History of Cuba, vol. 2
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
The History of Cuba, vol. 1
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
The History of Cuba, vol. 4
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
Stanley's Adventures in the Wilds of Africa
by Joel Tyler Headley, Willis Fletcher Johnson
The History of Cuba, vol. 3
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
Colonel Henry Ludington: A Memoir
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman.
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
"My country, 'tis of thee!"
by Willis Fletcher Johnson
About the author
Born in 1857, Willis Fletcher Johnson built a career as an American author, journalist, and lecturer. He is best remembered for his long association with the New York Tribune, where he served for twenty years as the paper’s foreign and diplomatic editorial writer.
Johnson also published a range of historical and biographical works. Among the titles linked with his name are Life of Wm. Tecumseh Sherman, Colonel Henry Ludington: A Memoir, and The History of Cuba, showing his interest in military figures, public memory, and international history.
He died in 1931 at the age of 74. Although not a household name today, his writing reflects the world of late 19th- and early 20th-century journalism, when newspaper editorialists often helped readers make sense of politics, diplomacy, and the past.