Download or read book The Story of our Navy from Colonial Days to the Present Time, v 1 ILLUSTRATED written by Willis J. Abbot and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2019-02-22 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Born in New Haven, Connecticut to Waldo Abbot and Julia Holmes, he was a graduate of the University of Michigan in 1884. He was married to Marie A. Mack in 1887 and became managing editor of the Chicago Times during 1892-93. In 1896-8 he was editor for the New York Journal. In 1905 he joined the New York American.Abbot wrote for the Hearst's New York Journal in 1921. Later, he was named the editor of Christian Science Monitor, a position which he held from 1922 to 1927.