In 1956, at the request of his school headmaster, he published his first book, a study guide called Study Is Hard Work. More than once he was known to send a text book flying across the classroom with unerring accuracy to awaken one inattentive student or another. A truly formidable character and head of "study hall", he suffered no fools lightly. In 1945, he became a history master at Kent School in Kent, Connecticut, where he remained for fifty-two years, teaching general studies and ancient history to generations of third formers (ninth graders).Īrmstrong was loved, admired, and feared by his students. Armstrong (Septemnear Lexington, Virginia - Apin Kent, Connecticut) was an American children's author and educator, best known for his 1969 Newbery Medal-winning novel, Sounder.Īfter growing up on a farm near Lexington he graduated cum laude from Hampden-Sydney College in 1936, then continued his higher education with graduate work at the University of Virginia.
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