J.R.R. Tolkien

Surprisingly little is known about the personal life of the creator of Middle Earth. This man, who was embarrassed by success, lived most of his life as an Oxford scholar in the surrounds of a cloistered academic community. As a child in South Africa, Tolkien was kidnapped by a native and taken into the bush. As a youngster in the industrial city of Birmingham, England, Tolkien was raised by a Catholic priest. And as a young adult, Tolkien lived through the bloody horror of the trenches of World War I. How these experiences shaped his incredible imagination is just one of the areas that Daniel Grotta tries to uncover. - Back cover.

First sentence: JOHN RONALD REUEL TOLKIEN, the first child of Arthur and Mabel Tolkien, was born one hot Sunday morning in 1892 after a difficult labor.

Year

1978

Language

English

Publisher

Courage Books

Editions

11

Pages

229

ISBN

9781561386369

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