Scott Corbett

W. Scott Corbett (July 27, 1913 – March 6, 2006) was an American novelist and educator. Beginning in 1950 he wrote five adult novels, then began writing books for children. He retired from teaching in 1965 to write full-time. His best-known book is ''The Lemonade Trick'', a novel for children. One of his books, entitled ''The Reluctant Landlord'' (1950), was made into the 1951 film ''Love Nest''. He wrote his first children's book, ''Susie Sneakers'', in 1956. According to a ''Providence Journal'' obituary, he wrote 81 books, "including 34 that he aimed at children". According to the de Grummond Children's Literature Collection, which holds his papers, he wrote "at least sixty-seven fiction and non-fiction books for children".

Corbett received a bachelor of journalism degree from the University of Missouri in 1934. During World War II he was a member of the 42nd Infantry Division of the United States Army. In this position, he also served as a correspondent for ''Stars and Stripes'', the United States's military newspaper in Europe, and also served as the last editor of ''Yank, the Army Weekly'', an Army magazine based in Paris. He was one of the first correspondents to enter the Dachau concentration camp in Germany just before the end of the war.

Corbett moved with his wife to Providence, Rhode Island, in 1957, and, in addition to his writing, taught at the Moses Brown School. He died at his home in Providence at the age of ninety-two. He was a member of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame. His novel ''Cutlass Island'' won the Edgar Allan Poe award in 1962 from the Mystery Writers of America as the best mystery written for children. In 1976, ''The Home Run Trick'' won the Mark Twain Award, an honor voted by the schoolchildren of Missouri. Many of Corbett's books were written while at sea, as he and his wife traveled extensively via freighter. Provided by Wikipedia
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by Corbett, Scott
New York, Crowell 1951

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1967

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by Corbett,Scott
New York, Crowell 1956

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1963
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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1970

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1970

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by Corbett, Scott
New York, Holt, Rinehart, Winston 1967
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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1971
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by Corbett, Scott
Boston : Little, Brown, 1976

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1970

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston : Little, Brown, 1975

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1965

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1961
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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1971
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by Corbett, Scott
New York, Dutton 1970

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by Corbett, Scott
Boston : Little, Brown, 1977
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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1959
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by Corbett, Scott
Boston, Little, Brown 1972

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by Corbett, Scott
New York : Dutton, 1980

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by Corbett, Scott
New York : Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1969
[First edition].

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