Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (The Illustrated Old Possum)

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats (The Illustrated Old Possum)

by T.S. Eliot (Author), Nicolas Bentley (Illustrator)

Synopsis

These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and friends in the thirties. They have delighted generations of children since, and inspired Andrew Lloyd Webber's brilliant musical Cats.

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 64
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Faber & Faber
Published: 04 May 1974

ISBN 10: 0571105580
ISBN 13: 9780571105588
Book Overview: Author won Nobel Prize for Literature in 1948

Author Bio
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in St Louis, Missouri, in 1888. He came to England in 1914 and published his first book of poems in 1917. He received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1948. Eliot died in 1965. Nicolas Bentley (1907-1978) lived in London and Somerset and 'drew the pictures' (to quote his famous byline) for more than seventy books.