author

Edwin P. Norwood

b. 1881

Best remembered for lively circus books and children’s stories, this early 20th-century American writer brought behind-the-scenes show business and animal adventures to young readers. His work includes The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan, The Other Side of the Circus, and The Circus Menagerie.

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The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan

The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan

by Edwin P. Norwood

About the author

Born in 1881, Edwin P. Norwood was an American author whose surviving book record points most clearly to writing for children and to a lasting interest in circus life. Library and public-domain catalog listings connect him with several books published in the 1920s and early 1930s.

Among the titles associated with him are The Adventures of Diggeldy Dan (1922), The Other Side of the Circus (1926), Davy Winkle in Circusland (1926), The Circus Menagerie (1929), and Ford Men and Methods (1931). Those titles suggest a range that ran from imaginative juvenile fiction to nonfiction or documentary-style writing about industry and entertainment.

Some catalog sources list his full dates as April 20, 1881 to October 13, 1940. Beyond that, reliable biographical detail appears to be scarce, so his books remain the clearest window into his life and interests.