J.R.R. Tolkien
Subtitle: Architect of Middle Earth
Edition: New Ed edition
Publisher: Running Press Book Publishers
Published: June 2002
Place of publication: Philadelphia; London
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780762413379
Subjects: Biography: general; Novels, other prose & writers: from c 1900 -; English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh; Biography & Autobiography; Biography / Autobiography; English; Biography/Autobiography; Literary; Science Fiction & Fantasy
First sentence: JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN, the first child of Arthur and Mabel Tolkien, was born one hot Sunday morning in 1892 after a difficult labor.
Table of contents: title: Prologue : The old professor; title: The young lad : 1892-1911; title: The exhibitioner : 1911-1915; title: The soldier : 1915-1919; title: The scholar : 1919-1925; title: The professor : 1925-1937; title: The mythmaker : 1937-1953; title: The author : 1953-1966; title: The recluse : 1966-1973; title: The immortal; title: Epilogue : The Silmarillion (1977); title: Author's note; title: Reference notes; title: Further readings