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Walter (Walt) Morey (born February 3, 1907 in Hoquiam, Washington, USA; died January 12, 1992 in Wilsonville, Oregon), is an award-winning author of numerous works of children's fiction, mostly set in the U. Events 1112 - Ramon Berenguer III of Barcelona and Douce I of Provence marry uniting the fortunes of those two states Year 1907 ( MCMVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year Hoquiam (ˈhoʊkwiəm is a city in Grays Harbor County, Washington, United States. Events 475 - Basiliscus becomes Byzantine Emperor, with a coronation ceremony in the Hebdomon palace in Constantinople Year 1992 ( MCMXCII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar) Wilsonville is a city primarily in Clackamas County, Oregon, United States. An author is defined both as "the person who originates or gives existence to anything" and that authorship determines responsibility for what is created CHILD syndrome (or congenital hemidysplasia with ichthyosiform erythroderma and limb defects) is a genetic disorder Fiction is the telling of stories which are not real More specifically fiction is an imaginative form of Narrative, one of the four basic Rhetorical modes. S. Pacific Northwest and Alaska, the places where Morey lived for all of his life. The Pacific Northwest is a region in the northwest of North America (the term refers to the land not the ocean Alaska ( Аляска Alyaska) is a state in the United States of America, in the northwest of the North American continent His book Gentle Ben was the basis for the movie and television show of the same name. Gentle Ben is the name of a book of Fiction for children by author Walt Morey, which was later made into a Film and Television series

He wrote a total of 17 published books most of which involve as a central plot element the relationship between man and animals. Many of his works involve survival stories, or persons going into the wild to "discover" themselves; redemption through nature is a common theme of Morey's works.

He began going to school in 1912, in Jasper, Oregon. Jasper is an unincorporated community in Lane County Oregon, United States. He was never very keen on school. In 1934 he began working in a veneer plant, making brushes in a paintbrush factory and doing work in the woods. July 8, 1934, he married his first wife, Rosalind Ogden, in Portland, Oregon. Portland is a city located in the Northwestern United States, near the Confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers Rosalind died February 28, 1977. On June 26, 1978 he married Peggy Kilburn.

Early in his writing career, he also published numerous short pulp fiction stories. Pulp magazines (or pulp fiction; often referred to as "the pulps" were inexpensive Fiction magazines For much of his life, he was a boxer and diver, in addition to being a writer. Boxing (sometimes also known as English boxing or pugilism) is a Combat sport in which two participants generally of similar weight, This article refers to underwater diving by humans For other uses of the term diving see Dive and Diving Underwater diving is

Morey has won the following awards:

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