Articles
Echoes of Michael Brown’s Death in St. Louis’s Racially Charged Past
The shooting of the unarmed 18-year-old by police on Saturday is part of a long history of violence toward African Americans in the Midwestern city.
The Atlantic
by Landon Jones
August 12, 2014
The Triumph of Soccer Moms
Why Americans have gone nuts for the World Cup.
The Wall Street Journal
June 30, 2014
by Landon Jones
(pdf version)
Loaded language: The gun metaphors that pervade our everyday slang
The Washington Post
by Landon Jones
April 18, 2014
Why Lou Reed Can’t Die
Today, if we want to praise a new band, we call it “the New Velvet Underground.” Here’s why.
Wall Street Journal (pdf)
by Landon Jones
November 30, 2013
Confessions of a Rodeo Rookie
The barrel race was going so well. Then I decided to wave my cowboy hat.
The Wall Street Journal
by Landon Jones
April 29, 2013
(pdf version)
Millie and Me
Millie and Me
I learned that mega-fires like Millie will become increasingly common in the years to come, as climate-change clears our forests.
by Landon Y. Jones
Huffington Post
September 16, 2012 (pdf)
Babe in the Woods: F. Scott Fitzgerald’s Unlikely Summer in Montana
Montana the Magazine of Western History (pdf)
by Landon Jones
Autumn 2007
The First Baby Boomer Turns 60
Swinging 60s? The First Baby Boomer looks back – and forward – on the eve of a milestone.
Smithsonian (pdf)
by Landon Jones
January 2006
Tribal Fever
Twenty-five years ago this month, smallpox was officially eradicated. For the Indians of the high plains, it came a century and a half too late.
Smithsonian Magazine
by Landon Jones
May 2005
Town Topics
Princeton’s Weekly Community Newspaper
“Editor and Writer Landon Jones Is Long-time Princeton Resident”
by Jean Stratton
March 23, 2005
More interviews coming soon.
A Great Expedition: An explorer’s biographer makes his own wondrous discoveries
A Great Expedition: An explorer’s biographer makes his own wondrous discoveries
by Landon Y. Jones
Princeton Alumni Weekly
June 9, 2004
(pdf version)
Lewis & Clark’s Excellent Adventure
Our original pioneers — and why they still matter
Reader’s Digest
May 2004
(pdf version)
William Clark at Portage des Sioux
The Council that Changed the West
Gateway Heritage The Quarterly Magazine of the Missouri Historical Society (pdf)
by Landon Jones
Fall 2003 – Winter 2004
Iron Will
While William Clark is best known for the expedition he made with Meriwether Lewis, his later life was as historic and more consequential.
Smithsonian Magazine
by Landon Jones
August 2002
Leading Men
Lewis & Clark: How an amazing adventure 200 years ago continues to shape how America sees itself
Time Magazine
by Landon Jones
July 8, 2002
(pdf version)