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==Life and Works==

==Life and Works==

Brooks was born in Rome, New York, on January 9, 1886, as the son of a professor and clergyman father and his mother, daughter of the mayor, though they died when he was young and he lived with his older sister.<ref>https://www.librarything.com/author/brookswalterr</ref>  He studied in homeopathic medicine, married, worked for an advertising agency, worked for the Red Cross, wrote for the ''New York'', remarried, wrote his books, and died on August 17, 1958.<ref>https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/walter-r--brooks/</ref>

Brooks was born in Rome, [[New York]], on January 9, 1886, as the son of a professor and clergyman father and his mother, daughter of the mayor, though they died when he was young and he lived with his older sister.<ref>https://www.librarything.com/author/brookswalterr</ref>  He studied in homeopathic medicine, married, worked for an advertising agency, worked for the Red Cross, wrote for the ''New York'', remarried, wrote his books, and died on August 17, 1958.<ref>https://www.scholastic.com/teachers/authors/walter-r--brooks/</ref>

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