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Chilton Williamson Jr. is an American author. 2015–2019, he was the editor of Chronicles and acting president of the Rockford Institute. [1] [2]
He is also known for his novel Mexico Way (2008). [3]
Williamson was born in New York City. [3] His father was a former Barnard history professor, Chilton Williamson. [3]
Williamson graduated from Trinity School, and attended Bowdoin College in Maine for a year before transferring to Columbia, graduating in 1969. [3] He majored in European history, and studied American history. [3]
Williamson moved in 1979 to Wyoming, [4] [1] where he worked on a drilling rig in the gas fields. [3] He then wrote the book Roughnecking It (1982) and later said "It was the best year of my life, and I made lasting friends." [3] He also lived two years in New Mexico. [4] [1]
1976–1989, he was a literary editor of The National Review. [4] [1]
In 1989 he started writing for Chronicles, where he wrote the columns "The Hundredth Meridian" and "What's Wrong With the World". [1] Williamson was its senior editor for books since 1989, and became editor of the magazine in June 2015. [3] The book The Hundredth Meridian (2005) is a collection of columns he wrote for Chronicles, in which the Western landscape becomes a character in itself. [3]
Williamson has also written for the publications Catholic World Report, Harper's, The New Republic, Commonweal, The New Leader, The American Spectator, Crisis [5] and The Nation. [3]
In The Conservative Bookshelf, Williamson selected fifty books. [6]
Williamson has written works of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and nonfiction, some of which are: [4] [7] [5] [8]
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Chilton Williamson Jr. is an American author. 2015–2019, he was the editor of Chronicles and acting president of the Rockford Institute. [1] [2]
He is also known for his novel Mexico Way (2008). [3]
Williamson was born in New York City. [3] His father was a former Barnard history professor, Chilton Williamson. [3]
Williamson graduated from Trinity School, and attended Bowdoin College in Maine for a year before transferring to Columbia, graduating in 1969. [3] He majored in European history, and studied American history. [3]
Williamson moved in 1979 to Wyoming, [4] [1] where he worked on a drilling rig in the gas fields. [3] He then wrote the book Roughnecking It (1982) and later said "It was the best year of my life, and I made lasting friends." [3] He also lived two years in New Mexico. [4] [1]
1976–1989, he was a literary editor of The National Review. [4] [1]
In 1989 he started writing for Chronicles, where he wrote the columns "The Hundredth Meridian" and "What's Wrong With the World". [1] Williamson was its senior editor for books since 1989, and became editor of the magazine in June 2015. [3] The book The Hundredth Meridian (2005) is a collection of columns he wrote for Chronicles, in which the Western landscape becomes a character in itself. [3]
Williamson has also written for the publications Catholic World Report, Harper's, The New Republic, Commonweal, The New Leader, The American Spectator, Crisis [5] and The Nation. [3]
In The Conservative Bookshelf, Williamson selected fifty books. [6]
Williamson has written works of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and nonfiction, some of which are: [4] [7] [5] [8]