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02359aam a2200325Ii 4500 001 7E8EEBFEB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20161202010137 008 160613t20162016enka b 001 0beng d 020 $a 1909881805 020 $a 9781909881808 035 $a (OCoLC)951610299 040 $a CDX $b eng $e rda $c CDX $d UAB $d OCLCO $d VP@ $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d YDX $d NZLPP $d SILO 043 $a e-uk--- 050 4 $a PR6031 O72 Z5863 2016 100 1 $a Gristwood, Sarah, $e author. 245 14 $a The story of Beatrix Potter / $c Sarah Gristwood. 264 1 $a London : $b National Trust Books, an imprint of Pavilion Books Company Ltd, $c 2016. 300 $a 160 pages : $b illustrations (some color) ; $c 26 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (page 154) and index. 520 $a To this day, Beatrix Potter's tales delight children and grown-ups around the world. But few people realise how extraordinary her own story is. She was a woman of contradictions. A sheltered Victorian daughter who grew into an astute modern businesswoman. A talented artist who became a scientific expert. A famous author who gave it all up to become a farmer. In The Story of Beatrix Potter, Sarah Gristwood follows the twists and turns of Beatrix Potter's life and its key turning points including her tragically brief first engagement and happy second marriage late in life. She traces the creation of Beatrix's most famous characters including the naughty Peter Rabbit, confused Jemima Puddleduck and cheeky Squirrel Nutkin revealing how she drew on her unusual childhood pets and locations in her beloved Lake District. She explores too, the last 30 years of Potter's life, when she abandoned books to become a working farmer and a pioneering conservationist, whose work with the National Trust helped to save thousands of acres of the Lake District a legacy that, like her books, continues to enrich our lives today. 600 10 $a Potter, Beatrix, $d 1866-1943. 650 0 $a Women novelists, English $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Novelists, English $y 20th century $v Biography. 650 0 $a Women artists $z Great Britain $v Biography. 650 0 $a Artists $z Great Britain $v Biography. 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20201203013458.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=7E8EEBFEB85D11E6BDBAC4DDDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search