Ruthven Todd (1914–1978)
Forfatter af Bodies in a Bookshop
Om forfatteren
Image credit: Scottish poetry 1949
Serier
Værker af Ruthven Todd
Christmas 1947: For Stephen Spender 1 eksemplar
Jim Bird 1 eksemplar
The geography of faces 1 eksemplar
A mantelpiece of shells 1 eksemplar
Adventure with a goat / Apollo wore a wig 1 eksemplar
The death cap; Swing low, swing death 1 eksemplar
Associated Works
A Choice of Murders: 23 Stories by Members of the Mystery Writers of America (1958) — Bidragyder — 4 eksemplarer
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- Juridisk navn
- Todd, Ruthven Campbell
- Andre navne
- Campbell, R. T. (pen-name)
- Fødselsdato
- 1914-06-14
- Dødsdag
- 1978
- Køn
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Fødested
- Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
- Dødssted
- Majorca, Spain
- Uddannelse
- Fettes College, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
Edinburgh School of Art - Erhverv
- novelist
poet
art critic - Priser og hædersbevisninger
- American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1954)
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- Værker
- 27
- Also by
- 4
- Medlemmer
- 586
- Popularitet
- #42,792
- Vurdering
- 4.3
- Anmeldelser
- 21
- ISBN
- 36
- Udvalgt
- 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.… (mere)