Williams, Louis J.
Person
Biography
Lou dropped out of school in 1904 at the age of 12, and went on to become Outdoors editor of the Chattnooga Times, author of the 50th anniversary history of the Chattanooga Kiwanis Club as well as a history of the conservation movement in Tennessee (1971). He fashioned bamboo fishing rods for Presidents Hoover, F.D. Roosevelt, Truman, and Eisenhower.
Occupations
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Louis J. Williams autobiograpy
Collection
Identifier: SC-10-MS
Scope and Contents
Typescript, with manuscript revisions, of his autobiography, A Dropout from the Bayou Country (New York: Vantage Press, c. 1975).
Dates:
1974
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