Born: 08/14/1889  
Died: 1973
Parents: Theodore Thornton and Mary Davis
Spouse: Minnie Kathrine (2nd)
Children: Phyllis Eileen Briody
Address(es):
Last known address:
Los Angles , CA

Image	Title	Genre	Audience	Publisher	Date
	The Orphan of the Tundra	Fiction , Adventure	Children	New York : Weybright and TalleyWeybright & Talley	1968
	The Devil Cat Screamed	Fiction	Children	New York : William Morrow and Company	1966
	The Runaway Cattle	Fiction	Children	New York : William Morrow and Company	1965
	The Gobbler Called	Fiction	Children	New York : William Morrow and Company	1963
	The Time of the Wolves - Story of two resourceful boys alone in the wilds during a late 19th century Michigan winter. illustrated by Ezra Jack Keats.	Fiction	Children	New York : William Morrow and Company	1962

What is the aim or goal of your writing: Born in the Michigan lumber woods. He taught school and worked in other fields before entering the construction business. He was a wonderful nature lover, and could distinguish all the song birds that came to his vicinity. He once stated that he read everything he could find pertaining to birds and animals.

May inquiries be sent to you about doing workshops, readings: No

Donated books to the Authors & Illustrators database project: No

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MeLCat Links:
http://elibrary.mel.org/search~S15?/adavis%2C+ver/adavis+ver/1%2C7%2C23%2CB/exact&FF=adavis+verne+t&1%2C8%2C

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