The Resource The man in the willows : the life of Kenneth Grahame, Matthew Dennison
The man in the willows : the life of Kenneth Grahame, Matthew Dennison
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The item The man in the willows : the life of Kenneth Grahame, Matthew Dennison represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Pekin Public Library.
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- Summary
- "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
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781643130071
- Label
- The man in the willows : the life of Kenneth Grahame
- Title
- The man in the willows
- Title remainder
- the life of Kenneth Grahame
- Statement of responsibility
- Matthew Dennison
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- "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
- Biography type
- individual biography
- Cataloging source
- NjBwBT
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Dennison, Matthew
- Dewey number
-
- 823.8
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR4727
- LC item number
- .D46 2019
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Grahame, Kenneth
- Authors, English
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Historical
- BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Literary Figures
- Label
- The man in the willows : the life of Kenneth Grahame, Matthew Dennison
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1083642354
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781643130071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083642354
- Label
- The man in the willows : the life of Kenneth Grahame, Matthew Dennison
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 197-219) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- on1083642354
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Edition
- First Pegasus Books hardcover edition.
- Extent
- 227 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9781643130071
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations (some color)
- System control number
- (OCoLC)1083642354
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