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to the newly redesigned Leo Edwards Original Home Page. Please take
a moment to familarize yourself with our new design. Above you'll
find the four main sections of this site: home, fiction, history
and community. Within each of those sections, you'll find sub-catagories,
which can also be navigated to from the links on the right. This
page will alert you to any new additions.
Email the webmaster and great grandson of Leo Edwards.
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| Leo Edwards (center) reads to local kids in this promotional photo taken at the house on Lake Ripley. |
Recent
News
New Leo Edwards Letter and Picture! [12.30.07]
Imagine my excitement when I was contacted by someone who had an original letter from Leo. Nancy Fike writes, "I was going through my Mother's things and came across a letter from Mr. Edwards to her. She had written him and he was replying to her letter. It's a very nice letter. It's dated 1938. My Mother was a fan. My Mother was 16 when she got the letter. Her father, my Grandfather loved to write and read alot. My mother grew up with a love of reading especially detective mysteries. My grandfather has done quite alot of writing and my brothers and I have managed to find and keep everything he wrote. He has written a couple of novels, his bio, and a book of poems."
The letter appears to be a form letter but with a personal note on the bottom and also included a signed, wallet-sized version of Leo's Grosset
and Dunlap promotional picture. View scans of the envelope, letter and picture.
For additional letters, refer to: the Letter Section
New Leo Edwards Letters! [02.17.07]
I'm proud to report that we've been in contact with relatives of Bert Salg who have shared two letters (Letter one / Letter two)that reveal some fascinating insights into the relationship between the author and the artist, including some information on a proposed radio project about Jerry Todd and his Gang.
For additional letters, refer to: the Letter Section
Two Stan Lee interviews name Leo Edwards as influence [02.18.07]
As Editor-in-Chief of Marvel Comics in the 1960s and 1970s, Stan Lee redefined the modern superhero, revived a dying industry, created a mythology and in the process became a cultural icon. With a bullpen of artists including Jack Kirby and Steve Ditko, Stan introduced the world to Spider-Man, the Hulk, the Fantastic Four, the Silver Surfer and countless others.
New Article [02.19.07]
Leo Edwards and His Giggling Pen
By Fredric Brewer. Article from The Wisconsin Academy Review, 1991.
New Article [01.15.07]
Bob Anderson Remembers Leo Edwards, Chapter 1
By Bob Anderson, long time fan of Leo Edwards.
New
Publication [10.12.03]
Utica, Illinois celebrated it's sesquicentennial in 2002 and published
a booklet containing a history on the town where Leo spent nine
years of his youth. Read
what the book has to say about Leo.
Elizabeth
(Gates) Lee (1913 - 2002)
We are saddened to report the death of Elizabeth Lee, wife to
Eugene "Beanie" Lee. Read
her obituary here.
New
Article [11.10.03]
Thanks to Rick Coleman of Utica, we received a recently published
news article: Boyhood
Tales: Popular author of 1920s, '30s used his memories of Utica
in penning kids' book series.
New
Article [10.12.03]
The
Landers and Sons General Store in Utica, Illinois: Inspiration and
workplace used by Leo in the Andy Blake books.
New
Article
[10.04.02]
We recently recieved permission from children's author, Betsy Byars,
to republisher her article "Leo
Edwards and the Secret and Mysterious Order of the Freckled Goldfish".
Dust
Jacket Cover Gallery
A
real find for collectors is a book of Leo's with the original
dust jacket. We assembled a gallery of all the covers.
Photo
Album
Here
you'll find all of the pictures from this site and more.
Leo's
Shelby, OH house found! [08.25.02]
Due to the investigave prowess of Fred Reid the house that Leo lived
in while in Ohio has been located.
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