Seller Rating: Contact seller First Edition Used - Softcover Condition: Very Good US 12.00 Convert currency US 4.00 Shipping Within U.S.A. “We’re destroying the environment and endangering all the animals – I think it would be strange to ignore that. Watership Down: The classic novel by Richard Adams Written by Richard Adams Description: A phenomenal worldwide bestseller for over thirty years, Richard Adamss Watership Down is a timeless classic and one of the most beloved novels of all time. Watership Down Richard Adams (Author) Published by Avon (April 1, 1975), 1975 Seller: Tacoma Book Center, Tacoma, U.S.A. “Daddy didn’t like the way people babied, and pandered to and ‘icky-ised’ children, lying to them about death and so on,” said Juliet. istock (blank book) / istock (blank book) Like a lot of classic books, Watership Down almost didn’t make it to print. The 1978 animation, featuring the voices of John Hurt and Richard Briers, was scarringly graphic. Persuaded by his daughters to put pen to paper, Adams’s book was published in 1972 and won the Carnegie medal and the Guardian children’s book prize. They pestered their dad for a story and then came: “Once upon a time there were two rabbits called Hazel and Fiver …” They recall being six and eight in the mid-60s and on a long car journey to the theatre from London to Stratford-upon-Avon. Starring:James McAvoy, Nicholas Hoult, John Boyega Watch all you want. “‘Is Woundwort an allegory of Stalin?’ ‘Is Hazel Jesus Christ?’ It shows that people really connect with the story, they really think hard about it, but it cut no ice with Dad. Watership Down 2018 Maturity Rating:TV-PG 1 Season Drama A warren of rabbits battles many threats on their daring journey to find a new home in this adaptation of the classic novel by Richard Adams.

Richard Adams pictured in 1974 holding a pet mouse.

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