The man in the willows : the life of Kenneth Grahame
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New York : Pegasus Books, 2019.
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Book
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
ISBN
9781643130071, 1643130072
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227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), portraits ; 24 cm
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Published
New York : Pegasus Books, 2019.
Edition
First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9781643130071, 1643130072

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index.
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"During his regular days in London, Kenneth Grahame sat behind a mahogany desk as Secretary of the Bank of England; on weekends he retired to the house in the country that he shared with his fanciful wife, Elspeth, and their fragile son, Alistair, and took lengthy walks along the Thames in Berkshire, "tempted by the treasures of hedge and ditch; the rapt surprise of the first lords-and-ladies, the rustle of a field-mouse, the splash of a frog." The result of these pastoral wanderings was his masterful creation of The Wind in the Willows, the enduring classic of children's literature; a cautionary tale for adult readers; a warning of the fragility of the English countryside; and an expression of fear at threatened social changes that, in the aftermath of the World War I, became a reality. Like its remarkable author, the book balances maverick tendencies with conservatism. Kenneth Grahame was an Edwardian pantheist whose work has a timeless appeal, an escapist whose withdrawal from reality took the form of time travel into his own past." --,Goodreads.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Dennison, M. (2019). The man in the willows: the life of Kenneth Grahame (First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.). Pegasus Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dennison, Matthew. 2019. The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame. Pegasus Books.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Dennison, Matthew. The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame Pegasus Books, 2019.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Dennison, Matthew. The Man in the Willows: The Life of Kenneth Grahame First Pegasus Books hardcover edition., Pegasus Books, 2019.

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