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Richard Atwater

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born

December 29, 1892 in Chicago IL, The United States

died

August 21, 1948

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Children's Books

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Richard Tupper Atwater (1892-1948) was a Chicago journalist. He wrote for a number of newspapers including the Chicago Evening Post, the Chicago Daily News, the Chicago Tribune, and the Herald-Examiner. He contributed to the literary and arts magazine The Chicagoan. He also taught Greek at the University of Chicago. In 1932, after watching a documentary about Richard E. Byrd's Antarctic expedition, he began writing the first part of the book but was forced to stop due to a stroke he suffered in 1934. Other books by Richard Atwater include Rickety Rhymes of Riq (published in 1925) and Doris and the Trolls (published in 1931)

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Average rating: 3.88 · 14,990 ratings · 1,024 reviews · 9 distinct works

	Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson (Illustrator) 3.88 avg rating — 14,655 ratings — published 1934 — 38 editions	My rating:
	Secret History of Procopius 5.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2003 — 4 editions	My rating:
	Mr. Popper's Penguins/Playscript by Richard Atwater, Albert O. Mitchell 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1956	My rating:
	Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Mr. Popper's Penguins by Richard Atwater, Florence Atwater, Robert Lawson 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	Mr. Popper's Penguins Novel Study 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	My rating:
	A Guide for Using Mr. Popper's Penguins in the Classroom by REBECCA PAIGEN, John Reynolds Gardiner, Richard Atwater 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1997	My rating:
	Mr. Popper's Penguins - Teacher Guide by Anc Staff Novel Units, Richard Atwater 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	The Secret History by Procopius, Richard Atwater (Translator) 3.69 avg rating — 356 ratings — published 550 — 39 editions	My rating:

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