Edwin Tunis (1897–1973)

Author of Colonial Living

15 Works 1,761 Members 8 Reviews 2 Favorited

About the Author

Edwin Tunis was a well-known artist, illustrator, and muralist. His work has appeared at the Baltimore Museum of Art, Society of American Etchers, National Academy of Design, and Victoria and Albert Museum. Colonial Living won the 1958 Thomas Alva Edison Foundation Children's Book Award. His other show more books include Colonial Craftsmen and Weapons, also available in paperback from Johns Hopkins. show less

Includes the names: Tunis Edwin, Edwin Tunis

Works by Edwin Tunis

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Colonial Living (1957) 397 copies

Frontier Living (1961) 334 copies

Colonial craftsmen and the beginnings of American industry (1965) 229 copies

Weapons: A Pictorial History (1954) 159 copies

The Tavern at the Ferry (1973) 115 copies

Indians (1959) 111 copies

Oars, Sails and Steam: A Picture Book of Ships (1656) 101 copies

Wheels: A Pictorial History (1954) 100 copies

The Young United States, 1783-1830: A Time of Change and Growth, a Time of Learning Democracy, a Time of New Ways of… (1969) 83 copies

Shaw's Fortune: The Picture Story of a Colonial Plantation (1966) 77 copies

Chipmunks on the Doorstep (1971) 51 copies

A map of historic Baltimore, showing main traffic routes and points of interest 1 copy

Oars, Sails, and Steam 1 copy

WHEELS (1954) 1 copy

Silence Ocer Dunkerque 1 copy

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Common Knowledge

Legal name: Tunis, Edwin Burdette
Birthdate: 1897-12-08
Date of death: 1973
Gender: male
Nationality: USA
Birthplace: Cold Spring Harbor, New York, USA
Places of residence: Maryland, USA
Occupations: painter
artist
illustrator
radio presenter
actor
set designer
Awards and honors: Thomas A. Edison Foundation Children’s Book Award

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Shaw's Fortune: The Picture Story of a Colonial… by Edwin Tunis

Edwin Tunis,
your book's not newness
it's also said that you are dead.

I love this picture story of Colonial Plantations
brilliantly scripted with phenomenal illustrations
black & white and now also, read.

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LeonardGMokos | 1 other review | Nov 22, 2016 |

Frontier Living by Edwin Tunis

This provided a lot of good information for helping me understand my fourth great grandfather's journal about his life in the 1800's.

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bjoelle5 | 2 other reviews | Feb 10, 2016 |

FRONTIER LIVING by Tunis

An excellent oversized non-fiction book with words and drawings illustrating each aspect of frontier life. Tunis describes customs, tools, architecture, and all manner of life, beautifully illustrated with pen and ink drawings and maps.

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mebrock | 2 other reviews | Nov 20, 2010 |

Shaw's Fortune: The Picture Story of a… by Edwin Tunis

Outstanding book. Was very influential in my personal development. I especially liked the part where he blamed his brother for shooting the window out with the BB gun.

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tombobtaylor | 1 other review | Nov 24, 2009 |

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