Mitchell, John (Galvin) (1931- )

US writer, editor, and journalist. A writer specializing in natural resource interpretation and historical geography, he is noted for such books as The Hunt (1980), and The Man Who Would Dam the Amazon and Other Accounts From Afield (1990).

Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, he graduated from Yale (BA 1954) and became a journalist for a variety of newspapers, including the New York Journal-American (1958-65). A science editor and swing writer for Newsweek (1965-68), he was a member of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission (1966-68). His essays, articles, and historical sketches have appeared in numerous periodicals, notably in Audubon, where he was a freelance editor (1976-91).