Willis J. Abbot

Willis J. Abbot (1863–1934) was an American journalist and author, born in New Haven, Connecticut, and educated at the University of Michigan. He worked on newspapers in New Orleans, Kansas City, Chicago and New York, managed press relations for William Jennings Bryan's campaign of 1896, and from 1921 to 1927 was editor of the Christian Science Monitor, which he made a paper of national standing. His books for young readers on American history began with Blue Jackets of '76, Blue Jackets of 1812 and Blue Jackets of '61, later gathered as The Naval History of the United States, and continued with Battle-Fields of '61.