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Author Kamen, Gloria, author.

Title Edward Lear, king of nonsense : a biography / by Gloria Kamen ; illustrated by Edward Lear and Gloria Kamen.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Atheneum, 1990.
©1990

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Location Call No. Status OPAC Message Public Note Gift Note
 Moore Children's & Young Adult Collection  CH/YA Bio Kamen Edw 1990    Available  ---  Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Edition First edition.
Description 74 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
age Children
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (page 73).
Summary Examines the life and career of the nineteenth-century writer-artist who was renowned for his nonsense verse.
Contents Lear and Foss -- Ann, sister and mother -- Parrots, painters, and lords -- The wanderer -- Her Majesty, Queen Victoria -- High nonsense from Derry Down Derry -- Oh, what nonsense, Mr. Lear -- India and "The Akond of swat" -- Homecoming.
Provenance Gift of Susan Mandel Glazer.
Subject Lear, Edward, 1812-1888 -- Juvenile literature.
Lear, Edward, 1812-1888.
Poets, English -- 19th century -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Poets, English.
Chronological Term 19th century
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Artists -- Great Britain -- Biography -- Juvenile literature.
Artists.
Great Britain.
Chronological Term 1800-1899
Genre/Form Juvenile works.
Biographies.
Added Author Lear, Edward, 1812-1888, illustrator.
ISBN 0689314191
9780689314193