Virginia Weisel Johnson was born in Missoula, Mont., in 1910. Her family was among the first in the Missoula Valley. Johnson graduated from high school in Missoula and finishing schools in Washington, D.C. Johnson married Brig. Gen. William M. Johnson in 1933. They lived in England, Germany, and Okinawa, and returned to Missoula in 1957. Upon their return to Missoula, Virginia and her husband managed the Double Arrow Ranch near Missoula. At the ranch she discovered a love of horses, which influenced her writing. She has published many books including Lady in Arms, The Long, Long Trail, Unregimented General, and Rocky Mountain West. Johnson died at the age of seventy-seven in Feb. 1988.
From the description of Manuscript, 1962. (University of Montana, Mansfield Library). WorldCat record id: 154689813
