J.R.R. Tolkien
Subtitle: the man who created The lord of the rings
By: Michael Coren
Publisher: Scholastic
Published: 2001
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 135
ISBN-13: 9780439342506
Subjects: Anglicists; Fantasy literature; Middle Earth (Imaginary place); Fantasy; Authorship; Biography; English Authors
Description: This entertaining biography of the author takes readers back to his childhood in South Africa, his youth and adulthood in Great Britain, his experience in World War I, and his professorship at Oxford where Tolkien thought he had reached the pinnacle of his career. But it would be there that Tolkien would write "The Hobbit," the story that led to his "Lord of the Rings" trilogy. Photos.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 127-128) and index.