Walter Taylor Field, born in Galesburg, Illinois, was an American author . Field was a student at Dartmouth from 1879-81. He received a Bachelor of Arts, Amherst, 1883, honorary Master of Arts, 1918. He was connected with C. Griggs & Company, Harper & Brothers, and Ginn & Company, and was Associate editor of The Advance, Chicago, 1886-87, and editor of The Abbey Classics (1907-10).
Field is the author of numerous books, including Rome (1904, 2 volumes); What Is Success? (1910); The Quest of the Four-leaved Clover (1911); Young and Field Literary Readers (1914-15, with Mistress Ella Flagg Young); and A Guide to Literature for Children (1928). Field was a member of the Authors' League America and has been listed as a notable author by Marquis Who's Who.
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| Born | 21 February 1861 |
| Died | 18 August 1939 |
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| Born | 21 February 1861 |
| Died | 18 August 1939 |
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Readers, Bibliography, Book lists, Books and reading, Children, Children's literature, Description and travel, School libraries, American literature, Children's libraries, English literature, Libraries and schools, Mother Goose, Reading (Primary), Reading charts, Travel, United StatesTime
1870-1950ID Numbers
- OLID: OL2393841A
- VIAF: 48822005
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- Field, Walter Taylor, 1861-1939
- Walter Taylor 1861-1939 Field
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| June 6, 2012 | Edited by VacuumBot | Removed period from death date |
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