Edwin Tunis
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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.
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.
