James Landers

Vanguard In The Gilded Age, my first novel, derived from a history book, The Improbable First Century of Cosmopolitan Magazine, published several years ago. The novel portrays a magazine and a family, and friends associated with both as they seek to motivate newly middle-class Americans to unite for political reforms and social justice. Although a novel, it is a realistic look at life during the Gilded Age. My experiences as a stockyard worker, bank teller, military veteran, journalist, editor/co-publisher of a city magazine, and journalism professor contributed to writing this book.