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In fantastical verse the author introduces his sister, brother, mother, father, and other members of his family.
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About the Author
Ted Hughes was born on 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, a small mill town in West Yorkshire. His father made portable wooden buildings. The family moved to Mexborough, a coal-mining town in South Yorkshire, when Hughes was seven. His parents took over a newsagent and tobacconist shop, and eventually he went to the local grammar school.In 1948 Hughes won an Open Exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Before going there, he served two years National Service in the Royal Air Force. Between leaving Cambridge and becoming a teacher, he worked at various jobs, finally as a script-reader for Rank at their Pinewood Studios.In 1956 Hughes married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who died in 1963, and they had two children. He remarried in 1970. He was awarded the OBE in 1977, created Poet Laureate in December 1984 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1998. He died in October 1998.Ted Hughes's first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published by Fabe
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- PublisherPuffin Books
- Publication date1977
- ISBN 10 0140308652
- ISBN 13 9780140308655
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages64
- IllustratorPuffin Books
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Card Wrappers. Condition: Near Fine. George Adamson (illustrator). First Paperback Edition. 63pp. Publisher's compliments slip dated 22/08/77 laid in. For this paperback edition there is a new Adamson cover illustration & within the book each line drawing (printed on versos) has a cameo detail on its recto. Just a touch rubbed at rear edge of spine. Book. Seller Inventory # AB118124
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Soft cover. Condition: Good. George Adamson (illustrator). Reprint. 62 pp + a puffin Club ad, bw illustrations. Crease to corners of front cover, pages tanned with a few dogears, inscription to title page. Seller Inventory # 044476
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Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Puffin Books (illustrator). 1st Puffin edition, 1977. Original pictorial wrappers near fine. Pages very clean & tight. No inscriptions. Illustrated by George Adamson. 62 pages. Seller Inventory # ABE-18262789401
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