The Matchlock Gun

Walter D. Edmonds (1903-1998) was an American writer renowned for his historical novels set in upstate New York, particularly along the Erie Canal and during the Revolutionary War. Born in Boonville, New York, he graduated from Harvard in 1926 and published his first novel, Rome Haul, in 1929, followed by his most famous work, Drums Along the Mohawk (1936), which was adapted into a film by John Ford. Read more →