Walter Edmonds
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Mohawk Valley connection:
Born in Boonville, NY
1903-1998

Claim to fame:
Wrote Drums Along the Mohawk.

Did you know?
Walter received the 1942 Newberry Medal for The Matchlock Gun.

Quote:
"The best work of its kind. Throbs with life upon a hostile frontier..."

--"New York Times" on Drums along the Mohawk.

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Walter Edmonds

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Walter Edmonds started writing seriously as a student at Harvard University. His most famous work, Drums Along the Mohawk, was made into a movie in 1939. The book was set in the Mohawk Valley during the American Revolution. In 1942, he won the Newberry Medal for his work The Matchlock Gun.

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