Carpenter, Humphrey, <br/><br/>
J.R.R. Tolkien :  a biography. 

 - first Houghton Mifflin pbk. edition. 
 - Boston :  Houghton Mifflin,  (c)2000. 
 - 288 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ;  21 cm 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>Part one: A visit. Part two: 1892-1916: Early years. Bloemfontein  --  Birmingham  --  "Private-lang."-and Edith  --  "T.C., B.S., etc."  --  Oxford  --  Reunion  --  War  --  The breaking of the fellowship Part three: 1917-1925: The making of a mythology. Lost Tales  --  Oxford interlude  --  Northern venture Part four 1925-1949(i): "In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit". Oxford life  --  Photographs observed  --  "He had been inside language"  --  Jack  --  Northmoor Road  --  The storyteller Part five: 1925-1949(ii): The Third Age. Enter Mr Baggins  --  "The new Hobbit" Part six: 1949-1966: Success. Slamming the gates  --  A big risk  --  Cash or kudos Part seven: 1959-1973: Last years. Headington  --  Bournemouth  --  Merton Street Part eight: The Tree. APPENDICES. Appendix A: Simplified genealogical table --  Appendix B: Chronology of events --  Appendix C: The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien --  Appendix D: Sources and acknowledgments --  Index. 
<br/><br/> A biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the fictional world of Middle-Earth, discussing his early life, his career as a scholar and teacher, his decision to write and the development of his work. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780618057023 
<br/><br/><label>Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: </label>BA53821315  JP-ToKJK 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Tolkien, J. R. R. 1892-1973. 
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Fantasy literature--Authorship. <br/>Biography<br/>Fantasy fiction--History and criticism. 
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>PR6039  / .J778 2000