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The story of Beatrix Potter
- Title
- The story of Beatrix Potter / Sarah Gristwood.
- Author
- Gristwood, Sarah
- Publication
- London : National Trust Books, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Ltd, 2016.
- ©2016
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JFF 16-2102 | Schwarzman Building - Main Reading Room 315 |
Details
- Description
- 160 pages : illustrations (chiefly color); 26 cm
- Summary
- To this day, Beatrix Potter's tales delight children and grown-ups around the world. But few people realise how extraordinary her own story is. She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A talented artist who became a scientific expert. A famous author who gave it all up to become a farmer. In The Story of Beatrix Potter, Sarah Gristwood follows the twists and turns of Beatrix Potter's life and its key turning points including her tragically brief first engagement and happy second marriage late in life. She traces the creation of Beatrix's most famous characters including the naughty Peter Rabbit, confused Jemima Puddleduck and cheeky Squirrel Nutkin revealing how she drew on her unusual childhood pets and locations in her beloved Lake District. She explores too, the last 30 years of Potter's life, when she abandoned books to become a working farmer and a pioneering conservationist, whose work with the National Trust helped to save thousands of acres of the Lake District a legacy that, like her books, continues to enrich our lives today.
- Alternative Title
- Beatrix Potter
- Subjects
- Women novelists, English
- Women artists
- Novelists, English
- Artists
- Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943
- Novelists, English - 20th century - Biography
- Women novelists, English > 20th century > Biography
- 1900-1999
- Potter, Beatrix, 1866-1943 > Pictorial works
- Women novelists, English - 20th century - Biography
- Women artists - Great Britain - Biography
- Women artists > Great Britain > Biography
- Great Britain
- Novelists, English > 20th century > Biography
- Artists - Great Britain - Biography
- Biography
- Artists > Great Britain > Biography
- Genre/Form
- Biography.
- Note
- Color illustrations on lining papers.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 154) and index.
- Call Number
- JFF 16-2102
- ISBN
- 9781909881808
- 1909881805
- OCLC
- 951610299
- Author
- Gristwood, Sarah, author.
- Title
- The story of Beatrix Potter / Sarah Gristwood.
- Publisher
- London : National Trust Books, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Ltd, 2016.
- Copyright Date
- ©2016
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 154) and index.
- Chronological Term
- 1900-1999
- Research Call Number
- JFF 16-2102