![]() ![]() He farmed in Connecticut near the Housatonic River, also learning to be a carpenter and a stonemason. Armstrong graduated cum laude in 1936, then continued his higher education with graduate work at the University of Virginia. He attended Hampden-Sydney College, where he wrote for the college newspaper and edited its literary magazine. This story stayed with him throughout his life and ultimately was the inspiration for his award-winning children's book, Sounder.Īfter growing up on a farm near Lexington, Armstrong graduated from the Augusta Military Academy. ![]() One story in particular, told by an elderly black man about Argus, the faithful dog of Odysseus, fascinated him the dog recognized his master when he returned home after being away for twenty long years. There was no description of David so I could be like David." Armstrong later used the art of omission in his own writing of Sounder which he wrote based on an account told around his family's kitchen table in Virginia. It was because everything that could possibly be omitted was omitted. "Not until years later did I understand why I liked the Bible stories so much. "No one told me the Bible was not for young readers, so I found some exciting stories in it," Armstrong said. ![]() While his father taught him to work hard, his mother taught Armstrong to love stories. ![]()
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