Hugh Lofting

Doctor Dolittle's Post Office (eBook, ePUB)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

On the West Coast of Africa, Doctor John Dolittle postpones his work as a veterinarian to capture an illegal slave ship nearby. Settling in a small African kingdom, Dolittle organizes a Post Office with the help of thousands of migratory birds, earning the respect of the noble King Koko. Doctor Dolittle's Post Office is a children's novel by Hugh Lofting.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Mint Editions
• Seitenzahl: 182
• Altersempfehlung: ab 8 Jahre
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. März 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781513274591
• Artikelnr.: 61425505

Autorenporträt

Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) was an English writer, soldier, and civil engineer. Born in Berkshire, England, Lofting was raised in a family with Irish and English parentage. Educated at Mount St Mary's College, Lofting matriculated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied civil engineering between 1905 and 1906. After working for several years as a civil engineer, Lofting enlisted in the Irish Guards in order to fight in the Great War. Horrified by his experience in combat, Lofting wrote creative letters home to his wife and children that originated his legendary character Doctor Dolittle, a physician with the unique ability to speak with animals. Gravely wounded in France, Lofting returned home briefly before moving with his family to Connecticut. In 1920, he published The Story of Doctor Dolittle, the first in a series of fifteen novels and short story collections for children that have inspired numerous adaptations for theater, film, and television. In addition to these novels, Lofting published several other works for children-including picture books and poems-as well as Victory for the Slain (1942), a long antiwar poem and his only work written for adult readers.