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Armstrong Wells Sperry
Born(1897-11-07)November 7, 1897
New Haven, Connecticut
DiedApril 26, 1976(1976-04-26) (aged 78)
Hanover, New Hampshire, US
OccupationWriter, illustrator
Period1933–?
GenreChildren's literature
SpouseMargaret Mitchell Robertson, M.D.
ChildrenSusan, John
Website
armstrongsperry.com

Armstrong Wells Sperry (November 7, 1897 – April 26, 1976) was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. His books include historical fiction and biography, often set on sailing ships, and stories of boys from Polynesia, Asia and indigenous American cultures. He is best known for his 1941 Newbery Medal-winning book Call It Courage.

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Armstrong Wells Sperry (November 7, 1897 – April 26, 1976) was an American writer and illustrator of children's literature. His books include historical...

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Call It Courage

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a 1940 children's novel written and illustrated by American author Armstrong Sperry. The novel won the Newbery Medal for excellence in American children's...

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the Flying Cloud is a children's novel written and illustrated by Armstrong Sperry. It was first published in 1935 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in...

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The Song of Hiawatha

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version of The Story of Hiawatha by Florence Shaw. Allen Chaffee and Armstrong Sperry adapted the story for a Random House prose edition in 1951. Longfellow's...

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Newbery Medal

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The Good Master Honor Elizabeth Gray Vining Young Walter Scott Honor Armstrong Sperry All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud Honor 1937 Ruth Sawyer...

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The Codfish Musket

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frontier in a tale of gun theft and trading. The novel, illustrated by Armstrong Sperry was first published in 1936 and was a Newbery Honor recipient in 1937...

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Kenneth Emory

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Gerrit P. Wilder, Honolulu botanist, and Mrs. Wilder, historian; Dr. Armstrong Sperry and Dr. Stanley Ball, he was part of the Bishop Museum scientific research...

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1941 in literature

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Run? Anya Seton – My Theodosia Georges Simenon – Strange Inheritance Armstrong Sperry – Call It Courage Cecil Street Death at the Helm They Watched by Night...

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April 26

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1903) 1976 – Sid James, South African-English actor (b. 1913) 1976 – Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (b. 1897) 1980 – Cicely Courtneidge...

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List of illustrators

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(Westport) Sarah Lanman Smith (Norwich) Victoria Leigh Soto (Bridgeport) Armstrong Sperry (Stamford, New Canaan, and New Haven) Benjamin Spock (New Haven) Edward...

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List of historical novelists

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Spence (born 1947, Scotland) LaVyrle Spencer (1864–1926, England) Armstrong Sperry (1897–1976, US) György Spiró (born 1946, Hungary) Francis Spufford...

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November 7

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Mankiewicz, American director, producer, and screenwriter (d. 1953) 1897 – Armstrong Sperry, American author and illustrator (d. 1976) 1898 – Margaret Morris,...

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Art Students League of New York

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Smith Vincent D. Smith Robert Smithson Louise Hammond Willis Snead Armstrong Sperry Otto Stark William Starkweather Frank Stella Joseph Stella Inga Stephens...

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Bishop Museum

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botanist; Mrs. Wilder, historian; Kenneth Emory, ethnologist; Dr. Armstrong Sperry, writer and illustrator; and Dr. Stanley Ball. The vessel was a complete...

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Flying Cloud

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All Sail Set: A Romance of the Flying Cloud, a children's book by Armstrong Sperry This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Flying...

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Hikueru

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Russell Gordon Carter

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1940 in literature

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