John Logan Allen

Allen, John Logan

1941 -

Laramie, WY 82072

Email address

uwadmnweb.uwyo.edu/geog/Allen.asp

Biographical and Professional Information

John Logan Allen was born in Laramie. He earned a B.A. (1963) and M.A. (1964) from the University of Wyoming before completing his Ph.D. at Clark University in Worcester, in 1969. He taught geography at the University of Connecticut for many years. A member of the Lewis and Clark Trail Heritage Foundation, he received a meritorious achievement award from that organization for his 1976 book, "Passage through the Garden." He is the chair of the geography department at the University of Wyoming.

Genres

Children's or Young Adult

History

Nonfiction

Titles

Student Atlas of World Geography, 3rd Ed. (2003). Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw Hill. ISBN: 0072828234.

Student Atlas of World Politics, 4th Ed. (2000). Guilford, CT: Dushkin/McGraw Hill. ISBN: 0072352159.

Explorers: From ancient times to the space age (Editor) (1998). New York: Macmillan Reference USA. ISBN: 0028648935. Co-editors Julius Dasch and Barry Gough.

North American Exploration (3 vols.) (1997). Lincoln, NE: University of Nebraska Press. ISBN: 0803210159.

Lewis and Clark and the Image of the American Northwest (1991). New York: Dover Publications. ISBN: 0486269140.

Jedediah Smith and the Mountain Men of the American West (1991). New York: Chelsea House Publishers. ISBN: 0791013197.

Passage through the Garden: Lewis and Clark and the image of the American Northwest (1975). Urbana, IL: University of Illinois Press. ISBN: 0252003977.