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Walter D. Edmonds

Walter D. Edmonds, American journalist and author (died 1998)

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Born
July 15, 1903
Died
January 24, 1998
Zodiac sign
Cancer
Birth year
1903

About Walter D. Edmonds

Walter "Wat" Dumaux Edmonds was an American writer best known for historical novels. One of them, Drums Along the Mohawk (1936), was adapted as a Technicolor feature film in 1939, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert. Walter "Wat" Dumaux Edmonds (July 15, 1903 – January 24, 1998) was an American writer best known for historical novels. In 1929, he published his first novel, ‘’Rome Haul‘’, a work about the Erie Canal. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1960 and the Newbery Medal in 1942, for ‘’The Matchlock Gun‘’, and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 1976, for ‘’Bert Breen's Barn‘’.

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Walter D. Edmonds timeline

  1. Walter "Wat" Dumaux Edmonds (July 15, 1903 – January 24, 1998) was an American writer best known for historical novels.
  2. In 1929, he published his first novel, ‘’Rome Haul‘’, a work about the Erie Canal.
  3. One of them, Drums Along the Mohawk (1936), was adapted as a Technicolor feature film in 1939, directed by John Ford and starring Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert.
  4. He won the Lewis Carroll Shelf Award in 1960 and the Newbery Medal in 1942, for ‘’The Matchlock Gun‘’, and the National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 1976, for ‘’Bert Breen's Barn‘’.

The world when Walter D. Edmonds was born

Walter D. Edmonds was born in 1903. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1903

  • Top movieThe Great Train Robbery (first narrative film)
  • Best-selling book"Lady Rose's Daughter" – Mrs. Humphry Ward

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentFirst World Series — Boston vs Pittsburgh
  • Top headlineWright brothers achieve first powered flight
  • Technology milestoneFirst powered airplane flight (12 seconds, 120 feet)
  • World population~1.63B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderTheodore Roosevelt
  • U.S. population80.4M

1903 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Walter D. Edmonds's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19032026
Population80.4M341 million

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