Walter D. Edmonds
Born 15 July 1903 · Died 24 January 1998
From Boonville, New York, United States · Nationality: United States · Writes fiction
Walter Dumaux Edmonds was born in Boonville, New York, and began a longtime association with Harvard University when he entered Choate Rosemary Hall in 1919. He originally intended to study chemical engineering, but he became more interested in writing and worked as managing editor of the campus literary magazine. He received an A.B. in 1926. In 1929, he published his first novel, Rome Haul, about the Erie Canal. In 1930, he married Eleanor Stetson. His novel Drums Along the Mohawk (1936) was on the bestseller list for two years, second to Margaret Mitchell's 1936 novel Gone with the Wind for part of that time. In 1942 he won the Newbery Medal for his novel The Matchlock Gun (1941). When his wife died in 1956, he married Katherine Howe Baker Carr. In 1976 he was awarded the National Book Award for Children's Literature his novel Bert Breen's Barn (1975). Over the course of his career, he published 34 books, many for children.
Books by Walter D. Edmonds in order
Books by Walter D. Edmonds in the order they were published, from The Big Barn (1930) to The South African Quirt (1985).
- 1The Big Barn
The Big Barn1930 - 2Erie Water
Erie Water1933 - 3Rome Haul
Rome Haul1933 - 4Drums Along the Mohawk
Drums Along the Mohawk1936 - 5MosesMoses1938
- 6Chad Hanna
Chad Hanna1940 - 7The Matchlock Gun
The Matchlock Gun1941 - 8Tom Whipple
Tom Whipple1942 - 9Two Logs Crossing
Two Logs Crossing1943 - 10In the Hands of the Senecas
In the Hands of the Senecas1947 - 11Cadmus Henry
Cadmus Henry1949 - 12The Captive Women
The Captive Women1949 - 13Mr. Benedict's Lion
Mr. Benedict's Lion1950 - 14They Fought With What They Had
They Fought With What They Had1951 - 15Corporal BessCorporal Bess1952
- 16Uncle Ben's Whale
Uncle Ben's Whale1955 - 17Three Stalwarts: Drums Along the Mohawk, Rome Haul [and] Eri
Three Stalwarts: Drums Along the Mohawk, Rome Haul [and] Erie Water1961 - 18They Had a Horse
They Had a Horse1962 - 19Wolf Hunt
Wolf Hunt1970 - 20Beaver ValleyBeaver Valley1971
- 21The Story of Richard StormThe Story of Richard Storm1974
- 22Bert Breen's Barn
Bert Breen's Barn1975 - 23The Night Raider and Other Stories
The Night Raider and Other Stories1980 - 24The South African Quirt
The South African Quirt1985