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First Printing: April, 1977
Cover art: The Brothers Hildebrandt Cover
Blurb: “The Magic of TOLKIEN is shared by everyone, young and old, who has read The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Yet, so little is known about the personal life of the creator of Middle Earth. Now, discover Tolkien the child, whisked away into the South African bush by a loving servant-without his parents' knowledge or permission. The orphan boy, growing up in Birmingham, with a Catholic priest taking over as both father and mother. About the man, embarrassed by success, who lived most of his adult life as an Oxford scholar in the shelter of the academic community.
"Here," says Publishers Weekly, "is a biography which can certainly stand with the best works that have been written about the creator of 'The Hobbit.
Addressed to readers who are-like the biographer —fervent admirers of the late British fantasist."