Becoming Beatrix : The Life of Beatrix Potter and the World of Peter Rabbit.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

O'Quinn, Amy M.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

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

Artists--Great Britain--Biography--Juvenile literature.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (180 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Becoming Beatrix

Place of Publication:

Chicago : Chicago Review Press, 2022.

Summary:

Beatrix Potter forged her own creative path to independence, fame, and financial success. Peter Rabbit, Hunca Munca, Mrs. Tiggy-Winkle, Squirrel Nutkin, Jemima Puddle-Duck--many readers are familiar with the animal characters created by British author and illustrator Beatrix Potter. But she was so much more than a painter of watercolor bunnies in little blue jackets or ducks waddling about in bonnets and shawls. She was a natural scientist, mycologist, environmentalist, preservationist, farmer, and expert sheep breeder. Beatrix Potter was a woman ahead of her time, making her own decisions and handling her own business affairs despite living in a Victorian society that was unaccustomed to unmarried women doing so. Becoming Beatrix covers Potter's early life and influences, artistic work, fascination with animals and the natural sciences, and interest and research in fungi, as well as her writing and illustration journey and her later years as a wife, farmer, businesswoman, and conservationist. This is the story of Beatrix beyond the bunnies.

Contents:

Front Cover

Front Flip

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Author's Note

Introduction

1. Beginnings at 2 Bolton Gardens

2. Girlhood and Growing Up

3. Fevers and Fungi

4. Discoveries, Disregard, and the Road to Recognition

5. More Little Books, Love, and Loss

6. From London to the Lake District

7. Mrs. Heelis

8. Ventures and Investments

9. Last Years and Legacy

Acknowledgments

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Back Flip: About the Author

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9781641604413

1641604417

OCLC:

1290726816