Williams h armstrong biography

American novelist (1911–1999)

William Howard Armstrong (September 14, 1911 – April 11, 1999) was an American writer of children's literature and educator, best known for his 1969 novel Sounder, which won the Newbery Medal.

Biography

William Howard Armstrong was born in Lexington, Virginia in 1911. He was the third child born to Howard Gratton Armstrong, a farmer, and his wife, Ida Morris Armstrong. He had a difficult time in school, being a small child with asthma and glasses.^[1]

While his father taught him to work hard, his mother taught Armstrong to love stories.

"No one told me the Bible was not for young readers, so I found some exciting stories in it," Armstrong said.

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"Not until years later did I understand why I liked the Bible stories so much. It was because everything that could possibly be omitted [left out] was omitted. There was no description of David so I could be like David..." Armstrong later used the ar