The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle

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1922 by Frederick A. Stokes Company

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364

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1922

Publisher

Frederick A. Stokes Company

Pages

364

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It is Tommy Stubbins, the cobbler's son, who tells this story of Doctor Dolittle's wonderful voyage to Spidermonkey Island. Tommy Stubbins was a little boy who wanted to be a naturalist when he grew up.

One day he got acquainted with Doctor Dolittle, and after that his dreams began to come true; for that kindly little man promised to teach him all he knew about animals and their languages, and to take him along on his next voyage of discovery. They decided where to go by opening the atlas with their eyes shut and touching the page with a pencil.

All in all it was perhaps the most amazing voyage that has ever been heard of. The excitement began with four stowaways (one of them the cat's-meat-man!); then came the Doctor's discovery of the key to the language of the shellfish, through his meeting with a Fidgit. After that, evens crowd thick and fast: the stop at a Spanish island where the Doctor creates a sensation as matador at a bullfight; the shipwreck; the landing on a Floating Island; and all the adventures there till the Doctor is crowned king by the devoted natives and has to be got away home to Puddleby by stealth.
From the dust jacket of a later printing

Hugh Lofting

1886 - 1947
British/American
HUGH LOFTING was born in Maidenhead, England, in 1886 and was educated at home with his brothers and sister until he was eight. He studied engineeri... See more

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The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
Reprinted in 2001 by Books of Wonder
Reprint illustrated by Michael Hague
Reprint edited by Fredrick McKissack, Patricia C. McKissack
Reprint foreword by Fredrick McKissack, Patricia C. McKissack , Peter Glassman
Available formats: Hardcover
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"...From all that we gathered, we carefully made very minor revisions with respect to the author's style, the spirit of his characters, and the underlying theme present throughout his work—that all life should be valued and respected. The extent of our changes was limited to the following: reworking a section regarding the African Prince, Bumpo, to be consistent with the revisions made in The Story of Doctor Dolittle; and deleting offensive words and phrases scattered throughout the text. Actually, fewer revisions were necessary in this book than in the first...

We feel Michael Hague's strong and colorful illustrations that replaced Lofting's stereotypical depictions of dark-skinned people and the removal of all racial pejoratives have now made this a perfect reintroduction of a beloved classic and a great companion to the 1997 special edition of The Story of Doctor Dolittle."

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The Voyages of Doctor Doolittle: 100th Anniversary Edition
Reprinted in 202- by SeaWolf Press
Reprint illustrated by Hugh Lofting
Available formats: Paperback
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Special cover replicates the first edition cover. Includes:

All 25 original illustrations drawn by the author
Text that has been proofread to avoid errors common in other versions.
The complete text in an easy-to-read font similar to the original.
Properly formatted text complete with correct indenting, spacing, footnotes, italics, and tables.