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Walter D. Edmonds Books in Order

Walter D. Edmonds has written 23 books, published between 1936 and 1995. The first book is Drums Along the Mohawk (1936) and the newest is Tales My Father Never Told (1995). Publication order is the reading order below.

Books
23
Published
1936–1995
Pages on record
2,847 in 11 of 23 books
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Walter Dumaux Edmonds was an American historical novelist who lived from 1903 to 1998. Drums Along the Mohawk (1936) is the Edmonds novel best known, and John Ford directed a 1939 Technicolor film version with Henry Fonda and Claudette Colbert. The catalogue lists 23 books through 1995, including Rome Haul, Chad Hanna and The Matchlock Gun. Frontier life, canals and New York State are the main subjects.

How many Walter D. Edmonds books are there?

Walter D. Edmonds has 23 books, released between 1936 and 1995.

Walter D. Edmonds Books in Publication Order

The table lists all 23 Walter D. Edmonds books in the order they were published, with the release year, the page count where one is on record, and how many independent book listings confirm each title. Catalogue data as of September 2026.

  1. Cover of Drums Along the Mohawk by Walter D. Edmonds (1936)
  2. Cover of Rome Haul by Walter D. Edmonds (1938)
  3. Cover of Two Logs Crossing: John Haskell's Story by Walter D. Edmonds (1943)
  4. Cover of Cadmus Henry by Walter D. Edmonds (1949)
  5. Cover of In the Hands of the Senecas by Walter D. Edmonds (1950)
  6. Cover of The Boyds of Black River by Walter D. Edmonds (1953)
  7. Cover of Time to Go House by Walter D. Edmonds (1969)
  8. Cover of Bert Breen's Barn by Walter D. Edmonds (1975)
  9. Cover of The Night Raider and Other Stories by Walter D. Edmonds (1980)
  10. Cover of The South African Quirt by Walter D. Edmonds (1985)
  11. Cover of Mostly Canallers by Walter D. Edmonds (1987)
  12. Cover of Tales My Father Never Told by Walter D. Edmonds (1995)
  1. 1
    Drums Along the Mohawk1936 · 592 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1936592
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  2. 2
    Rome Haul1938 · 347 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1938347
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  3. 3
    Chad Hanna1940 · confirmed 1/4
    1940–
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  4. 4
    The Matchlock Gun1941 · 61 pages · confirmed 1/4
    194161
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  5. 5
    Young Ames1942 · confirmed 1/4
    1942–
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  6. 6
    Two Logs Crossing: John Haskell's Story1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  7. 7
    The Big Barn1943 · confirmed 1/4
    1943–
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  8. 8
    Cadmus Henry1949 · confirmed 1/4
    1949–
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  9. 9
    In the Hands of the Senecas1950 · 213 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1950213
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  10. 10
    They Fought With What They Had: The Story of the Army Air Forces in the Southwest Pacific, 1941-19421951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  11. 11
    The Wedding Journey1951 · confirmed 1/4
    1951–
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  12. 12
    The Boyds of Black River1953 · 248 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1953248
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  13. 13
    Black Cotton Stockings1954 · confirmed 1/4
    1954–
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  14. 14
    Erie Water1964 · confirmed 1/4
    1964–
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  15. 15
    The Musket and the Cross1968 · confirmed 1/4
    1968–
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  16. 16
    Time to Go House1969 · 137 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1969137
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  17. 17
    Wolf Hunt1970 · confirmed 1/4
    1970–
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  18. 18
    Bert Breen's Barn1975 · 270 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1975270
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  19. 20
    The South African Quirt1985 · 186 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1985186
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  20. 21
    Mostly Canallers1987 · 467 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1987467
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  21. 22
    Seven American Stories1989 · confirmed 1/4
    1989–
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  22. 23
    Tales My Father Never Told1995 · 224 pages · confirmed 1/4
    1995224
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Walter D. Edmonds books grouped by series

Each title below is a row in the publication-order table above. None of these groups has a reading-order page of its own on this site.

Standalone books

23 books

23 Walter D. Edmonds titles here are not listed as part of any series.

Do you have to read Walter D. Edmonds books in order?

No. No source lists any of the 23 Walter D. Edmonds books here as part of a series. The numbered table above gives them by publication date.

Where to start with Walter D. Edmonds

Start with Drums Along the Mohawk (1936), the earliest published title.

What is the newest Walter D. Edmonds book?

Tales My Father Never Told (1995) is the newest Walter D. Edmonds book released so far.

Is there a new Walter D. Edmonds book coming?

No next Walter D. Edmonds book is announced in the catalogue, which is a gap in the listings it merges rather than a sign that the run has ended.

Awards Walter D. Edmonds has won

Wikidata records 1 award for Walter D. Edmonds. Each row states whether the title won or was shortlisted, and the year the award was given.

Walter D. Edmonds at a glance

Died
Walter D. Edmonds died in 1998, according to Wikidata.
Last book
The newest book credited to Walter D. Edmonds on record dates from 1995.
Release pace
Walter D. Edmonds books have appeared about one every 3 years on average.
Length
2,847 pages across the 11 of 23 books with a recorded length, a median of 224 pages each.
Busiest decade
Most Walter D. Edmonds books, 6 of 23, were published in the 1940s.

What the Walter D. Edmonds books are about

12 of the 23 Walter D. Edmonds books carry subject tags in Open Library's catalogue. The subjects below are the ones that recur across them, most frequent first: new york (state) is tagged on 7 of 12. The subjects are cataloguers’ headings, not a plot summary.