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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
About this book
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle follows the animal-speaking doctor and his young companion Tommy Stubbins on a sea journey to find a lost naturalist, encountering various creatures and cultures along the way. Readers who enjoy classic children's adventure stories and animal fantasy would appreciate this book.
Note: The 1920 first-publication date is more accurate than 1998, which likely marks a later reprint.
Hugh Lofting
Hugh John Lofting was an English-American writer, trained as a civil engineer, who created the classic children's literature character Doctor Dolittle. The fictional physician talking to animals, based in an English village, first appeared in illustrated letters to his children which Lofting sent from British Army trenches in the First World War. Lofting settled in the United States soon after the war and before his first book was published.
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