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  • Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of Winnie-The-Pooh by Gyles Brandreth book cover
  • Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of Winnie-The-Pooh by Gyles Brandreth book cover
  • Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of Winnie-The-Pooh by Gyles Brandreth book cover
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Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear: A. A. Milne and the Creation of Winnie-The-Pooh

by Gyles Brandreth

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The life behind the Hundred Acre Wood

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The life behind the Hundred Acre Wood

Gyles Brandreth combines a literary history of Winnie-the-Pooh with a biography of A. A. Milne and three generations of his family. The book considers how the bear came into being, how the stories have endured across a century, and what Brandreth identifies as their distinctive philosophy and worldwide reach. Its scope extends beyond the books, tracing Milne’s varied work as a playwright, crime writer, poet, and humorist alongside the family’s experiences of fame, money, legal disputes, and personal rifts. The account ranges from childhood games in the English countryside to 1930s New York, placing the creation of a children’s classic within a broader family and cultural history.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Readers interested in A. A. Milne’s life and literary career.
  • Those curious about the history and lasting popularity of Winnie-the-Pooh.
  • Readers of literary biography and family history.

Themes

Literary creation and legacyFamily, fame, and fortuneThe cultural history of Winnie-the-Pooh

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Book overview

For the 100th anniversary of the publication of "Winnie-the-Pooh," Gyles Brandreth chronicles the writing of this beloved classic and the life of its creator, A. A. Milne.

Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear tells the remarkable story of A A Milne, a playwright, a bestselling crime writer, poet, polemicist, humorist, and the man who created Winnie-the-Pooh.

Gyles Brandreth explores "Winnie-the-Pooh," a bear beloved by millions: his genesis, his life across a hundred years, his special philosophy, and the reasons for his worldwide popularity. Brandreth's book is also the intimate biography of three generations of the fascinating and troubled Milne family, which knew fame and fortune, despising both for a time, but a family that ultimately found a profound reason to be grateful for the riches Pooh brought them.

With an extraordinary cast list that includes Elizabeth II and Walt Disney, Somewhere, a Boy and a Bear moves from idyllic childhood games in the English countryside to New York in the 1930s and the love affairs, litigation, and heartrending family rifts that touched the life of one of Britain's most brilliant writers and his most famous creation.

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