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Lofting, Hugh: Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo (illus). v2. 03 May 2018
Doctor Dolittle’s Zoo --- Told and Illustrated by Hugh Lofting (1886 – 1947)
This book was first published in 1925. Text and illustrations are in the public domain in countries where copyright is “Life+70” or less. The giant sea-snail has brought Doctor Dolittle and his companions home to England after their three-year voyage (The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle). The Doctor sets his Puddleby garden to rights and makes it the site of an animal-run zoo – an animal home, not an animal prison. Then with the help of his friends, he tackles a mystery at nearby Moorsden Manor. * * * * * British author Hugh John Lofting (14 January 1886 – 26 September 1947) created the character of Doctor Dolittle, one of the classics of children’s literature. The Doctor first appeared in Lofting’s illustrated letters to his children, written from the trenches while he was serving in the British Army during World War I. The stories (a series of twelve books, the final two completed and published posthumously) are set in early Victorian England. The second in the series, The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle (1922), won Lofting the prestigious Newbery Medal. Despite the author’s obviously benign posture, the books became a target of controversy in the 1960’s amid accusations of racism and attitudes of colonialism, and went out of print in the USA for some time. Later editions in the 1980’s were bowdlerized to remove offending content and illustrations. The Doctor and the tales of his adventures are better known today through movie and television adaptations. (—Extracted and adapted from Wikipedia.) *********** This ebook is based on transcription of an unexpurgated edition (1953 ?), obtained from FadedPage.com. Uncharacteristically, the last six chapters lack any illustrations. No scan of physical book is available. Images of vintage cover, titlepage, and endpapers have been added. Embedded font for titling. To provide consistency throughout this series of ten books, some spelling was Anglicized and standardized. *********** Uploaded version 2, with text and format tweaks. Previous downloads 71. LINKS TO THE DOCTOR DOLITTLE BOOKS: Spoiler:
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