Landon Jones
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Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Landon Y. (Lanny) Jones is an American editor and author. He is a former managing editor of People magazine and the author of William Clark and the Shaping of the West, a biography of William Clark, joint leader of the Lewis and Clark Expedition.[1]
In a review for his most recent book is Celebrity Nation , Publishers Weekly called him an astute chronicler of celebrity culture. In Celebrity Nation, Jones shares his analysis of over 75 celebrities over many decades and shows us how the apparatus of fame operates.
Jones also edited a selection of the expedition journals, The Essential Lewis and Clark, and is the author of Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation.
Bibliography
- Jones, Landon (2023). Celebrity Nation: How America Evolved into a Culture of Fans and Followers. Boston, MA: Beacon Press. ISBN 978-08070-6565-5.
- Jones, Landon (2004). William Clark and the Shaping of the West. New York: Hill and Wang. ISBN 0-8090-3041-1.
- Lewis, Meriwether; Clark, William (2000). Jones, Landon (ed.). The Essential Lewis and Clark. New York: Ecco. ISBN 978-0-06-019600-4.
- Jones, Landon (1980). Great Expectations: America and the Baby Boom Generation. New York: Coward, McCann & Geoghegan. ISBN 978-0-698-11049-6.
References
- ^ Buckley, Jay (2008). William Clark. Norman: University of Oklahoma Press. p. xii. ISBN 978-0-8061-3911-1.
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