A Tolkien bestiary

Main Author: Day, David, 1947-
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: New York : Avenel, N.J. : Crescent Books ; Distributed by Random House Value, 1995.
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Item Description: Originally published: London : M. Beazley, 1979.
Includes indexes.
Physical Description: 287 p. : ill. (some col.), map ; 28 cm.
ISBN: 0517120771
9780517120774
Author Notes: David Day was born in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada on October 14, 1947. He worked in logging camps before receiving a degree from the Department of Creative Writing at the University of Victoria in 1976.

He has written over 40 books of poetry, ecology, history, fantasy, mythology, and fiction for both adults and children. His first collection of poems, The Cowichan, was published in 1975. His other books include A Tolkien Bestiary, The Doomsday Book of Animals, Castles, The Emperor's Panda, The Quest for King Arthur, Nevermore: A Book of Hours, and Tolkien: A Dictionary. Through the 1980's and 1990's, he was also an environmental columnist for Britain's Daily Mail, Evening Standard, Sunday Times, and Punch magazine.

(Bowker Author Biography)