Walter D. Edmonds

American novelist Walter Dumaux Edmonds graduated from Harvard University in 1926, While at Harvard he was president of the Harvard Advocate magazine. A course in English awakened his interest in writing, and while still at the Advocate he submitted a story to "Scribner's" magazine, which published it. His first novel, "Rome Haul", was about the Erie Canal and sold well, eventually being turned into a Broadway play ("The Farmer Takes a Wife") by 'Marc Connelly' (qv) and then being sold to Hollywood, where it ended up as 'John Ford' (qv)'s _Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)_ (qv) (on which he served as Technical Advisor).::frankfob2@yahoo.com