Edwin Tunis
Edwin Burdette Tunis (1897–1973) was an American painter, mural artist, book illustrator, radio announcer, actor, theater set designer and author.[1]
As a children's writer, Tunis earned a Newbery Honor in 1962 for his book Frontier Living[2], and was a finalist for National Book Award for Young People's Literature in 1971 for The Young United States, 1783–1830.[3] He also won the Thomas A. Edison Foundation Children's Book Award for special excellence in portraying America's past.[1]
He wrote and illustrated several books, including: Oars, Sails, and Steam: A Picture Book of Ships; Weapons; Wheels; Colonial Living; and Indians.
Early life
[edit | edit source]Tunis was born in Cold Spring Harbor, New York, on December 8, 1897.[1] He grew up moving a lot because his father's job was installing steam engines at factories all over the country.[1]
As an adult he lived most of his life in Maryland.
Works
[edit | edit source]His books include:
- Oars, Sails & Steam: A Picture Book of Ships (1952)
- Weapons: A Pictorial History (1954)
- Wheels: A Pictorial History (1955, repr 1977)
- Indians: A Pictorial Recreation of American Indian Life Before the Arrival of the White Man (1959)
- Frontier Living (1961)
- Shaw's Fortune: The Picture Story of a Colonial Plantation (1966)
- Chipmunks on the Doorstep (1971)
- The Tavern at the Ferry (1973)
- Colonial Craftsmen and the Beginnings of American Industry (1976)
- The Young United States, 1783-1830: A Time of Change and Growth, a Time of Learning Democracy, a Time of New Ways of Living, Thinking, and Doing (1976)
- Colonial Living (1964, revised ed 1999)
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ a b c d "Tunis, Edwin, 1897-1973. NWDA (1897 - 1973) Biographical History", "Social Networks and Archival Content Project", IATH, University of Virginia; UC Berkeley School of Information; California Digital Library; http://socialarchive.iath.virginia.edu/xtf/view?docId=tunis-edwin-1897-1973-cr.xml##
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External links
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- Guide to the Edwin Tunis Papers 1951–1973 at the University of Oregon
- Edwin Tunis at Library of Congress, with 32 library catalog records
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