Armstrong Sperry





Armstrong Sperry

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born
November 07, 1897 in New Haven, Connecticut, The United States

died
April 26, 1976

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Author and illustrator, he won the Newbery Award in 1941 for Call It Courage.


Average rating: 3.57 · 2,934 ratings · 277 reviews · 25 distinct works
Call It Courage
3.56 of 5 stars 3.56 avg rating — 2,782 ratings — published 1940 — 33 editions
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All Sail Set: A Romance of ...
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 54 ratings — published 1935 — 3 editions
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John Paul Jones, Fighting S...
3.61 of 5 stars 3.61 avg rating — 18 ratings2 editions
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Sterling Point Books: John ...
3.45 of 5 stars 3.45 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions
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Captain Cook Explores the S...
3.89 of 5 stars 3.89 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1955
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The Voyages of Christopher ...
3.11 of 5 stars 3.11 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1950
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Wagons Westward: The Old Tr...
5.0 of 5 stars 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2001
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Boy Who Was Afraid
4.29 of 5 stars 4.29 avg rating — 7 ratings3 editions
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Hull Down for Action
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1945 — 2 editions
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Call It Courage
3.5 of 5 stars 3.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1994
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