Rutherford George Montgomery

Rutherford George Montgomery (April 12, 1894 –July 3, 1985) was an American children's author who won various awards for his books, including the Newbery Award. He also wrote under the names of A.A. Avery, Al Avery, Art Elder, E.P. Marshall, and Everitt Proctor,

Life

Born in North Dakota, Montgomery studied at the Western State College of Colorado. He served in the United States Air Corps from 1917 to 1918. He served as a judge in Gunnison County, Colorado from 1932 to 1937, and became a free-lance writer in 1938. While still at school, he began writing stories about the wild animals that lived around his family's farm. He went on to write books about aviation and the people, landscapes and animals of the American West.

Literary awards

Kildee House Newbery Award Honor Book,1950.

Wapiti the Elk Commonwealth Club of California Juvenile Silver Medal,1952

Beaver Water New York Herald Tribune Children's Spring Book Festival Award,1956; Boy's Clubs of America Junior Book Award,1957

The Stubborn One Western Writers of America Golden Spur Award,1965

References

Rutherford George Montgomery papers: de Grummond Collection McCain Library and Archives University Libraries University of Southern Mississippi. [[1]]