
Author Archives: Lanny Jones

Thalidomide and Me
Thalidomide and Me
MPN Research Foundation
10 March 2017

America Is Forgetting Its Own History
America Is Forgetting Its Own History
by Landon Jones
Time.com Ideas
February 14, 2017

America Loves a Con Man
America Loves a Con Man
by Pia de Jong and Landon Jones
Time.com – Time Ideas
January 31, 2017

Why Clowns are Knocking at Our Doors: Trickster Seizes the Hour in 2016
Why Clowns are Knocking at Our Doors: Trickster Seizes the Hour in 2016
by Pia de Jong and Landon Y. Jones
Wild River Review
19 October 2016

Is this Election the Last Hurrah of the Baby Boomers?
Is This Election the Last Hurrah of the Baby Boomers?
by Landon Y. Jones
Time.com
August 24, 2016

How to Repel a Bear — Or Not
How to Repel a Bear — Or Not
The Wall Street Journal
23 August 2016

The Story behind America’s First War on Terror
The Story behind America’s First War on Terror
A Cautionary Tale from 1814
Landon Jones
Time.com
12 July 2016
(pdf)

The Times They Were A-Changin’
The Times They Were A-Changin’
The Class of 1966 reunion video reflects on a campus in transition
Princeton Alumni Weekly
6 July 2016
Photo by Frank Woiciechowski

“Colorado Part of Creative Process for Controversial Novel, “Lolita” – Colorado Public Radio Interview with Landon Jones
Colorado Part of Creative Process for Controversial Novel, “Lolita” – Colorado Public Radio Interview with Landon Jones
Colorado Matters – Colorado Public Radio
Interview of Landon Jones by Ryan Warner
1 June 2016

On the Trail of Nabokov in the American West
On the Trail of Nabokov in the American West
On his cross-country trips chasing butterflies and researching “Lolita,” the Russian-born novelist saw more of the United States than did Fitzgerald, Kerouac or Steinbeck.
New York Times Sunday Travel (cover)
29 May 2016
(pdf)

Lights! Action! Memories”
Lights! Action! Memories!
by Landon Y. Jones
Princeton Alumni Weekly – 2016 Reunions Guide
May 19, 2016

On the Range where the College Cowboys No Longer Play
<em>On the Range where the College Cowboys No Longer Play
by Landon Jones
THE WALL STREET JOURNAL
August 14, 2015

Bad Cowboy
“Fifty years ago, I spent the best part of a summer wrecking ranch equipment.”
by Landon Jones
DISTINCTLY MONTANA Magazine
Spring 2016
(Reprinted from The Wall Street Journal)
Photographs by Lanny Jones, 1965
(pdf)

The Curious Case of the Wayward Purse
The Curious Case of the Wayward Purse
by Landon Y. Jones
US 1 NEWSPAPER
9 March 2016
(pdf)
The Curious Incident of the Wayward Purse, US 1 Newspaper, March 9, 2016, by Landon Jones

Here’s How to See #OscarsSoWhite in Real Time on Sunday
Here’s How to See #OscarsSoWhite in Real Time on Sunday
by Landon Jones
Time.com
26 Feb 2016
(pdf)
Sergeant Floyd and Me: What the author’s appendicitis taught him about the real world of Lewis & Clark. “We Proceeded On,” February 2006

How “Baby Boomers” Took Over the World
How “Baby Boomers” Took Over the World
by Landon Y. Jones
Washington Post Outlook
8 November 2015
(pdf version)
Looking Back: 50 Years Later (video trailer)
Looking Back: 50 Years Later: Reflections on Our Days at Princeton
Produced by Lanny Jones and the Princeton Class of 1966
Directed by Evelyn Tu
Six-minute trailer to the 55-minute documentary