“Watership Down” was followed by “Shardik”, an even more violent tale about a polar bear, a ghost story for adults, “The Girl on the Swing”, and “The Plague Dogs”, which was an early work of literature to pick up the baton of animal rights, and “Traveller”, a story from the point of view of General Robert E.
He became one of the world’s best-selling authors with his debut, “Watership Down.” - The New York Times December 28, 2016 His first novel made him the world’s biggest-selling author at the time. Once published, Adams quit to write full-time.
vEO14f069x- John Welsh December 28, 2016Īdams was a late starter, writing “Watership Down” while occupying a humdrum civil service job when he was 53, but the tale sprung almost fully-formed from a car journey with his children, when they demanded he tell them a story. In 1978 #Richard Adams wrote me (a 13-year-old from Iowa) a letter after i wrote him for class after reading Watership Down.
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