Walter Alden Dyer

Who was Walter Alden Dyer?

Walter Alden Dyer was an American author and journalist.

He joined the staff of the Springfield Union in Springfield, Massachusetts in 1901, edited many publications, and became managing editor of Country Life in America. He was one of the most famous writers of dog stories. He was a prolific writer who contributed many articles to magazines, and published various works, including:

The Lure of the Antique

The Richer Life

Pierrot, Dog of Belgium

Creators of Decorative Styles

Handbook of Furniture Styles

Sons of Liberty

Gulliver the Great

The River Life

Dogs of Boytown

Many Dogs There Be

The Breakwater

Sprigs of Hemlock

His parents were Ebenezer Porter Dyer, Jr. and Martha Augusta Fearing. He graduated from Amherst College Class of 1900. The Archives and Special Collections at Amherst College holds some of his papers.