The Story of Doctor Dolittle

By Hugh Lofting

Here is the first adventure of everyone's favorite doctor, Doctor Dolittle. He lives a boring life in the sleepy little town, Puddleby-on-the-Marsh. But that all changes when a crocodile moves in and his parrot, Polynesia, takes it upon herself to teach the Good Doctor how to speak to animals. This edition contains over 50 of Lofting's orginal illustrations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Wilder Publications, Inc.
• Release date: Jan 29, 2020
• ISBN: 9781515442950

Hugh Lofting

Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) was an English writer, soldier, and civil engineer. Born in Berkshire, England, Lofting was raised in a family with Irish and English parentage. Educated at Mount St Mary’s College, Lofting matriculated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied civil engineering between 1905 and 1906. After working for several years as a civil engineer, Lofting enlisted in the Irish Guards in order to fight in the Great War. Horrified by his experience in combat, Lofting wrote creative letters home to his wife and children that originated his legendary character Doctor Dolittle, a physician with the unique ability to speak with animals. Gravely wounded in France, Lofting returned home briefly before moving with his family to Connecticut. In 1920, he published The Story of Doctor Dolittle, the first in a series of fifteen novels and short story collections for children that have inspired numerous adaptations for theater, film, and television. In addition to these novels, Lofting published several other works for children—including picture books and poems—as well as Victory for the Slain (1942), a long antiwar poem and his only work written for adult readers.

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[Eddah Gichuru · Rating: 5 out of 5 stars]

it was like a journey of a life time to tell and remember for many years to came and it was wonderful and interesting .