Daugherty << DAW hur tih >>, James Henry (1889-1974), was an American artist and author of children’s books. He won the 1940 Newbery Medal for Daniel Boone, which he wrote and illustrated. Daugherty also wrote and illustrated Andy and the Lion (1938), Poor Richard (1941), Abraham Lincoln (1943), Of Courage Undaunted (1951), and The Magna Charta (1956).
Daugherty was born on June 1, 1889, in Asheville, North Carolina. He died on Feb. 21, 1974.
