William Allen White

Once upon a time, William Allen White of Emporia, Kansas,was a household name in America. An acquaintance ofevery twentieth century president from Theodore Rooseveltto Franklin Roosevelt, he held a close friendship with theformer and generally was an admirer of the latter. Whiteallied himself with the Progressive movement early in thetwentieth century, originally from the influence of T. R., butalso from others such as Woodrow Wilson. The authorof numerous books, both fiction and non-fiction, an