Chilton Williamson Jr. is an American author. 2015–2019, he was the editor of ''

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'' and acting president of the

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. He is also known for his novel ''Mexico Way'' (2008).

Biography

Williamson was born in

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. His father was a former

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history professor, Chilton Williamson. Williamson graduated from Trinity School, and attended

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in Maine for a year before transferring to Columbia, graduating in 1969. He majored in

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, and studied

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. Williamson moved in 1979 to Wyoming, where he worked on a drilling rig in the gas fields. He then wrote the book ''Roughnecking It'' (1982) and later said "It was the best year of my life, and I made lasting friends." He also lived two years in New Mexico. 1976–1989, he was a literary editor of ''

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''. In 1989 he started writing for ''

'', where he wrote the columns "The Hundredth Meridian" and "What's Wrong With the World". Williamson was its senior editor for books since 1989, and became editor of the magazine in June 2015. 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. Williamson has also written for the publications ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''Crisis'' and ''The Nation''. In ''The Conservative Bookshelf'', Williamson selected fifty books.

Bibliography

Williamson has written works of fiction, narrative nonfiction, and nonfiction, some of which are: * ''Saltbound: A Block Island Winter'' (Methuen, 1980) * ''Roughnecking It: Or, Life in the Overthrust'' (1982) * Trilogy: ** ''Desert Light'' (St. Martin's, 1987) (Novel) ** ''The Homestead'' (1990) (Novel) ** ''Jerusalem, Jerusalem!'' (2017, Chronicles Press) (Novel) * ''Mexico Way'' (2008) * ''The Education of Héctor Villa'' * ''After Tocqueville: The Promise and Failure of Democracy'' (ISI Books, 2012) * ''The Hundredth Meridian'' (A collection of 22 columns in ''

'') * ''The Conservatives Bookshelf''

References

About Chilton Williamson Jr.
, chiltonwilliamson.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
, chiltonwilliamson.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019. Aurelian Craiutu.
Thinking with Tocqueville: Courage not Ambition, Moderation not Pessimism
, '' Law & Liberty'', 30 November 2012. (Craiutu is Professor of Political Science at Indiana University, Bloomingto

Chilton Williamson Jr.
", chroniclesmagazine.org. Retrieved 16 August 2019. Chilton Williamson Jr.
", chroniclesmagazine.org. Retrieved 18 August 2019. Articles by Chilton Williamson Jr. - About Chilton Williamson Jr.
, catholicworldreport.com. Retrieved 18 August 2019. Robert C. Cheeks.
An Interview With Chilton Williamson
, ''California Literary Review'', 1 January 2020.

External links

* https://www.chiltonwilliamson.com/ Living people 20th-century American male writers 21st-century American male writers American columnists Writers from New York City Year of birth missing (living people) 20th-century American writers {{DEFAULTSORT:Williamson, Chilton Columbia College (New York) alumni Bowdoin College alumni Trinity School (New York City) alumni