From Soldier to Storyteller: Essays on World War Veterans Who Became Famous Children's Authors - Paperback
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Availability:In StockContributor:Kathleen Broome Williams (Editor), Hal M. Friedman (Editor)Publish date:2024-09-24Pages:226
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland and Company, Inc.ISBN-13:9781476694702ISBN-10:1476694702UPC:9781476694702Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Children's & Young Adult Literature, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War ISize:8.40 x 5.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC04J57YTY
From Soldier to Storyteller: Essays on World War Veterans Who Became Famous Children's Authors
Many of the best-known and most popular children's stories of the 20th and early 21st century were written by veterans of World War I and World War II. These include works by such writers as A.A. Milne, C.S. Lewis, Roald Dahl, Ian Fleming, and J.R.R. Tolkien, among others. Although they had experienced war, most of the veterans did not overtly write about it. The seeming paradox of warriors who...
Language:EnglishPublisher:McFarland and Company, Inc.ISBN-13:9781476694702ISBN-10:1476694702UPC:9781476694702Book Category:Literary Criticism, History, Biography & AutobiographyBook Subcategory:Children's & Young Adult Literature, Wars & ConflictsBook Topic:World War ISize:8.40 x 5.70 x 0.50 inchesWeight:0.7011Product ID:SC04J57YTY
Kathleen Broome Williams is the recipient of the 2021 Commodore Dudley W. Knox medal for Lifetime Achievement in Naval History. She serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of The Journal of Military History, the U.S. Naval Institute's Naval History Advisory Board, and Marine Corps History Magazine's Editorial Review Board and is the author of numerous articles and books on naval history. She lives...
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