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Nov 1, 2005 · Richard George Adams (born 9 May, 1920) is best-remembered as the author of Watership Down, but wrote many other novels, short stories, poems and a biography. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters, Juliet and Rosamond, on a trip to Stratford-on-Avon, to see a play.
Richard George Adams (born 9 May, 1920) is best-remembered as the author of Watership Down, but wrote many other novels, short stories, poems and a biography. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters, Juliet and Rosamond, on a trip to Stratford-on-Avon, to see a play. They insisted he publish the tale as a book.
About the Author. Richard Adams is the author of many bestselling novels, including Watership Down (1974), Shardik (1976), The Plague Dogs (1978), The Girl in a Swing (1980), Maia (1985), and Traveller (1988), as well as several works of nonfiction, including his autobiographical The Day Gone By (1991). The winner of the Carnegie Medal and the ...
Nov 1, 1972 · Watership Down is a survival and adventure novel by British author Richard Adams, published in 1972. Set in southern England, around Hampshire, the story features a small group of rabbits. Although they live in their natural wild environment, with burrows, they are possessing their own culture, language, proverbs, poetry, and mythology.
Dec 28, 2016 · Watership Down author Richard Adams: I just can’t do humans. Read more. What many people may be unaware of is that Watership Down was first published, at the end of 1972, by one-man publishing ...
Author Adams was born as Richard George Adams on May 09, 1920 in Wash Common, Newbury, Berkshire, England. His parents were Lilian Rosa and Evelyn Beadon Adams, who used to work as a doctor. Adams studied at the Horris Hill School between the years 1926 and 1933.
Richard George Adams (born 9 May, 1920) is best-remembered as the author of Watership Down, but wrote many other novels, short stories, poems and a biography. He originally began telling the story of Watership Down to his two daughters, Juliet and Rosamond, on a trip to Stratford-on-Avon, to see a play. They insisted he publish the tale as a book.
