Hugh Lofting
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Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, base
Lofting in 1935
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
The Story of Doctor Dolittle
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The Story of Doctor Dolittle, Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts, written and illustrated by the British author Hugh Lofting, is the first of hi
Hugh Lofting
…he later said, was too horrible or too dull. The stories are set in England in the 1820s–1840s – The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle gives a date of 1839. The Story of Doctor Dolittle: Being the History of His Peculiar Life at Home and Astonishing Adventures in Foreign Parts Never Before Printed (1920) began the series and won a…
First edition
One of the images from the 1920 edition of the book, later criticized as racist.