Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature - Softcover

Lear, Linda

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0312377967 ISBN 13: 9780312377960

Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin, 2008

Synopsis

In this remarkable biography, Linda Lear offers a new look at the extraordinary woman who gave us some of the most beloved children's books of all time. Potter found freedom from her conventional Victorian upbringing in the countryside. Nature inspired her imagination as an artist and scientific illustrator, but The Tale of Peter Rabbit brought her fame, financial success, and the promise of happiness when she fell in love with her editor Norman Warne. After his tragic and untimely death, Potter embraced a new life as the owner of Hill Top Farm in the English Lake District and a second chance at happiness. As a visionary landowner, successful farmer and sheep-breeder, she was able to preserve the landscape that had inspired her art. Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature reveals a lively, independent and passionate woman, whose art was timeless, and whose generosity left an indelible imprint on the countryside.

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About the Author:

An environmental historian and biographer, Linda Lear is the author of the prize-winning study, Rachel Carson: Witness for Nature. A natural history enthusiast and a collector of botanical art, she and her husband tend gardens in Bethesda, MD and Charleston, SC. For more information please visit bpotter.com.

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Beatrix Potter: A Life in Nature
Beatrix Potter's Lakeland 1892-1943BEATRIX POTTER. Copyright © 2007 by Linda Lear. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews.

About this edition

• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 0312377967
• ISBN 13: 9780312377960
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 608