The Mouse That Roared - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871294559 ISBN 13: 9780871294555

Publisher: Dramatic Publishing, 1985

Synopsis

Wibberley, Leonard

About this title

About the Author

<span>Leonard Wibberley was born in Dublin Ireland, in 1915. He was the sixth child of a schoolteacher and an agricultural scientist. At nine his family moved to London. Seven years later, when his father died, he went to work as a stockroom apprentice for a publisher and later became a reporter. After various jobs, he came to the United States in 1943 and engaged in newspaper work for ten years. While working for the Los Angeles Times, he published his first work, The King's Beard. Three years later he published his most successful book, The Mouse That Roared, which was serialized in The Saturday Evening Post, and later made into a classic film starring Peter Sellers.</span>

Wibberley lived in Hermosa Beach from 1949 until his death in 1983. He wrote over 100 books and 100's of newspaper articles. He was also an adventurer, who enjoyed traveling, scuba diving, ocean sailing, and road racing.

Leonard also wrote mysteries, juvenile fiction, historical novels, and non-fiction under the pen names Leonard Holton, Patrick O'Connor, and Christopher Webb.

<span>Sign up for his monthly newsletter at bit.ly/LeonardNews to receive columns written by Leonard Wibberley that were syndicated by newspapers nationally over his lifetime. You will also receive news of the upcoming releases of the ebook editions of his many novels, including his Father Bredder mystery series. </span>

Edition details

• Publisher: Dramatic Publishing
• Publication date: 1985
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0871294559
• ISBN 13: 9780871294555
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 87