Editing Martin and Osa Johnson (section)

==Early Lives==
Martin Elmer Johnson was born on October 9, 1884. Osa Leighty was born on March 14, 1894, and raised in [[Chanute, Kansas]]. Although born in [[Rockford, Illinois]], Martin Johnson grew up in the Kansas towns of [[Lincoln, Kansas|Lincoln]] and [[Independence, Kansas|Independence]].<ref name="Museum"/> His father worked as a jeweler and would bring home crates labeled with European cities like [[Paris]] and [[Barcelona]], inspiring Martin to [[stowaway]] on a ship to Europe as a teenager.<ref name="Carnegie 11-12">{{cite book|last=Carnegie|first=Dale|author-link=Dale Carnegie|title=Five Minute Biographies|place=New York|publisher=Southern Publishers|year=1937|pages=11–12}}</ref>

On his way back to Kansas, Martin Johnson read of [[Jack London]]’s plans to travel the world in a 45-foot boat, the [[The Cruise of the Snark|''Snark'']]. Johnson wrote to London begging to be invited and received a telegraph simply asking if he could cook, to which Johnson replied: "Just try me."<ref>Carnegie, ''Five Minute Biographies'', pp. 12-13.</ref> On the ''Snark'', which sailed around the world from 1907 to 1909, Johnson had a variety of responsibilities.{{clarify|date=February 2020}}<ref>Carnegie, ''Five Minute Biographies'', p. 13.</ref> Later, he toured the United States displaying photographs and artifacts collected on the voyage. He met Osa Leighty while showing his travelogues at the theatre in Osa's hometown of Chanute, Kansas, where she was singing.  They were married in May 1910 in Independence<ref name="Museum">{{Cite web |url=http://www.safarimuseum.com/about/martin-and-osa-johnson/ |title=About the Johnsons |website=The Martin and Osa Johnson Safari Museums |access-date=2018-03-23}}</ref> and spent the next seven years touring with Martin's travelogue in the US and Europe. Martin published his book ''Through the South Seas With Jack London'' in 1913.