Background
Johnson, Merle Devore was born on November 24, 1874 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of William Carey and Josephine (DeVore) Johnson.
Johnson, Merle Devore was born on November 24, 1874 in Oregon City, Oregon, United States. Son of William Carey and Josephine (DeVore) Johnson.
Bachelor of Arts, Leland Stanford Junior University, 1897.
Manager art department New York Evening Journal, 1910-1913. Cartoonist, “News in Rime” department of Puck, 1914-1917. Created Boy Scout series in New York Press, 1915.
Illustrated many books
Author: Bibliography of Mark Twain, 1910. Bibliographic Check-List James Branch Cabell, 1921.
Compiler of Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates, 1921. Howard Pyle’s Book of the American Spirit, 1923.
American First Editions, 1929.
High Spots of American Literature, 1929. You Know These Lincolnshire, 1934. Home: New York, New New York
Married Margaret Keough, September 7, 1905. Children: Helen Carey, Marion Josephine.