Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999

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American author of children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction.

From the description of The education of Abraham Lincoln : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62684698

From the description of The mills of God : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423143

From the description of Hadassah : Esther the orphan queen : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62488743

From the description of Joanna's miracle : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423142

From the description of Barefoot in the grass : the story of Grandma Moses : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62731369

From the description of Sour land : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62731384

From the description of The MacLeod place : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62731370

From the description of Sounder : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62731380

From the description of Animal tales : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62684697

From the description of My animals : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62684699

American author of childrens and young adult fiction and non-fiction.

From the description of The tale of Tawny and Dingo : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62435721

From the description of Through troubled waters : production material. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62423158

American author of children's and young adult fiction and non-fiction; Newbery Award winner in 1970.

From the description of Papers, 1955-1978. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 62731366

William Howard Armstrong was born September 14, 1914 (other sources state September 14, 1911) in Lexington, Virginia. He attended Augusta Military Academy and graduated from Hampden-Sydney College in 1936. He married Martha Stonestreet Williams and had three children. Armstrong taught history at the Kent School in Kent, Connecticut beginning in 1945.

Armstrong published his first book, Study is Hard Work in 1956. He is best known for his work of juvenile fiction, Sounder, published in 1969, which won the John Newbery Medal and the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award (1970). He continued to publish adult and juvenile fiction and non-fiction throughout the 1970s and 1980s, including Sour Land, The MacLeod Place, and The Mills of God .

William Armstrong died on April 11, 1999.

From the guide to the William Howard Armstrong papers, 1955-1979, (University of Minnesota Libraries Children's Literature Research Collections [clrc])

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creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Papers, 1955-1978. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Through troubled waters : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Hadassah : Esther the orphan queen : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. The education of Abraham Lincoln : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Mikolaycak, Charles. The tale of Tawny and Dingo : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Animal tales : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Sour land : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. The tale of Tawny and Dingo : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Joanna's miracle : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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creatorOf Armstrong, William H. (William Howard), 1914-1999. Barefoot in the grass : the story of Grandma Moses : production material. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
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Death 1999-04-11

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