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100 1 a| Sims, Michael,d| 1958-=| ^A754838;

245 14 a| The story of Charlotte's web :b| E.B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic /c| Michael Sims.;

246 30 a| E.B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic;

250 a| 1st U.S. ed.;

260 a| New York :b| Walker & Co.,c| 2011.;

300 a| viii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates :b| illustrations ;c| 22 cm;

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520 a| As he was composing what was to become his most enduring book, E. B. White was obeying the maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats--White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. Painfully shy his entire life, "this boy," White once wrote of himself, "felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." It is all the more impressive, therefore, how many people have felt a kinship with E. B. White. In this book the author shows how White solved what critic Clifton Fadiman once called "the standing problem of the juvenile fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole" by mining the raw ore of his childhood friendship with animals, translating his own passions and contradictions, delights and fears, into an all time classic.--From publisher description.;

504 a| Includes bibliographic references (p. [251]-296) and index.;

505 0 a| pt. I. Elwyn : Enchanted ; Fear ; Trustworthy ; A writing fool ; Liebesträum -- pt. II. Andy : Olympus ; Interview with a sparrow ; Crazy ; As spiders do -- pt. III. Charlotte : Dream farm ; The mouse of thought ; Foreknowledge ; Zuckerman's barn ; Spinningwork ; Paean ; Some book ; Completion -- Coda. After Charlotte.;

600 10 a| White, E. B.q| (Elwyn Brooks),d| 1899-1985.=| ^A634856;

650 0 a| Authors, Americany| 20th centuryv| Biography.=| ^A414805;

650 0 a| Children's storiesx| Authorship.=| ^A157775;

600 10 a| White, E. B.q| (Elwyn Brooks),d| 1899-1985t| Charlotte's web.=| ^A634856;

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The story of Charlotte's web : E.B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic / Michael Sims.

Author/creator	Sims, Michael, 1958-
Format	Book
Edition	1st U.S. ed.
Publication Info	New York : Walker & Co., 2011.
Description	viii, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 22 cm
Subjects	White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985. White, E. B. (Elwyn Brooks), 1899-1985 Charlotte's web. Authors, American--20th century. --Biography. Children's stories--Authorship.

Portion of title	E.B. White's eccentric life in nature and the birth of an American classic
Contents	pt. I. Elwyn : Enchanted ; Fear ; Trustworthy ; A writing fool ; Liebesträum -- pt. II. Andy : Olympus ; Interview with a sparrow ; Crazy ; As spiders do -- pt. III. Charlotte : Dream farm ; The mouse of thought ; Foreknowledge ; Zuckerman's barn ; Spinningwork ; Paean ; Some book ; Completion -- Coda. After Charlotte.
Abstract	As he was composing what was to become his most enduring book, E. B. White was obeying the maxim: "Write what you know." Helpless pigs, silly geese, clever spiders, greedy rats--White knew all of these characters in the barns and stables where he spent his favorite hours. Painfully shy his entire life, "this boy," White once wrote of himself, "felt for animals a kinship he never felt for people." It is all the more impressive, therefore, how many people have felt a kinship with E. B. White. In this book the author shows how White solved what critic Clifton Fadiman once called "the standing problem of the juvenile fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole" by mining the raw ore of his childhood friendship with animals, translating his own passions and contradictions, delights and fears, into an all time classic.--From publisher description.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographic references (p. [251]-296) and index.
ISBN	9780802777546 (trade)
ISBN	0802777546 (trade)

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