Ruthven Todd (1914–1978)
Autore di Bodies in a Bookshop
Sull'Autore
Fonte dell'immagine: Scottish poetry 1949
Serie
Opere di Ruthven Todd
Opere correlate
A Choice of Murders: 23 Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of America (1958) — Collaboratore — 4 copie
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome legale
- Todd, Ruthven Campbell
- Altri nomi
- Campbell, R. T. (pen-name)
- Data di nascita
- 1914-06-14
- Data di morte
- 1978
- Sesso
- male
- Nazionalità
- UK
- Luogo di nascita
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Luogo di morte
- Majorca, Spain
- Istruzione
- Fettes College, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh School of Art - Attività lavorative
- novelist
poet
art critic - Premi e riconoscimenti
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1954)
Utenti
Recensioni
Liste
Premi e riconoscimenti
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Autori correlati
Statistiche
- Opere
- 27
- Opere correlate
- 4
- Utenti
- 586
- Popolarità
- #42,792
- Voto
- 4.3
- Recensioni
- 21
- ISBN
- 36
- Preferito da
- 2
Flyball, who’s delighted with his new name is soon strutting around the airfield inspecting his new surroundings and endearing himself to the ground crew and the engineers working on a new experimental rocket. And when Flyball sees Stone put on a goldfish bowl helmet and get on board this same rocket, the adventurous cat stows away again. The rocket’s take off far exceeds Flyball’s previous flight experience on a passenger jet, so for the next flight, the lunar mission, he is fitted out with his own space suit.
Scottish born author Todd’s 1952 children’s book is a delightful science fiction tale, charmingly illustrated by Galdone who captures the feel of both the self-assured feline and the eager anticipation of human space flight for young readers of the 1950s. I enjoyed it as a child then and still love it when I reread it in the 21st century.… (altro)