Beatrix Potter : a life in nature / Linda Lear.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lear, Linda J., 1940-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943.

Potter, Beatrix.

Authors, English--20th century--Biography.

Authors, English.

Children's stories.

Illustrators--Great Britain--Biography.

Illustrators.

Great Britain.

Children's stories--Illustrations.

Children's stories--Authorship.

Lake District (England)--Biography.

Lake District (England).

Genre:

Biographies.

Illustrated works.

Pictures.

Physical Description:

xix, 583 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : St. Martin's Press, [2007]

Summary:

With never-before-seen illustrations and intimate detail, Lear goes beyond the perennial fascination with Beatrix Potter as a writer and illustrator of children's books, and delves deeply into the life of a most unusual and gifted woman. One 8-page b&w insert. Two 8-page color inserts.

Contents:

Prologue: Ownership 3

1 Roots 9

2 Exposures 25

3 Transitions 49

4 Experiments 76

5 Discoveries 104

6 Fantasies 130

7 Ideas 156

8 Realities 170

9 Losses 193

10 Stories 207

11 Diversions 227

12 Satisfactions 249

13 Partnerships 263

14 Salvages 284

15 Opportunities 298

16 Legacies 318

17 Americans 337

18 Ventures 357

19 Passages 381

20 Challenges 405

21 Reflections 427

Epilogue: Stewardship 441.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-554) and index.

Local Notes:

Athenaeum copy: Sargent fund bookplate.

ISBN:

9780312369347

0312369344

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