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| Date Created: | 2010-09-08 |
| Date Modified: | 2010-09-08 |
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| Author: | Michael Hague |
| Binding: | Hardback |
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| Amazon Link: | Buy from Amazon.com |
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| Publisher: | HarperCollins |
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| Edition: | First Edition |
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| Publication Year: | 1995 |
| ISBN#: | 0-688-10879-2 |
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| Pages: | 160 |
| Language: | English |
Comments
For thousands of years, the legendary dragon has inspired awe and wonder in cultures the world over. Fearsome in strength, ferocious in appetite, yet majestic in bearing, this fabulous beast has long been a favorite subject of artists and storytellers.
Now Michael Hague, one of America's most belovedparnters of fantasy, boldly captures seventeen classic dragon tales, armed only with the magic of his paintbrush. Here beside the heroics of Perseus, St. George, and Sigurd are the adventures of the girl who slew a dragon and became queen of China, as well as the dazzling comic twists of Kenneth Grahame's "The Reluctant Dragon" and E. Nesbies "The Dragon Tamers." Here too are such magical authors as J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, and Italo Calvino.
The mythical dragon will be very real indeed for all who read these enchanting tales and pore over the twenty fullcolor and sixteen black-and-white illustrations. Michael Hague's art has never breathed more fire.
"Seventeen classic dragon tales, among them Kenneth Grahame's `Reluctant Dragon,' Kan Pao's `Li Chi Slays the Serpent,' J.R.R. Tolkien's `Bilbo Baggins and the Smaug,' the Grimms' `Devil and His Grandmother,' and William H.G. Kingston's `St. George and the Dragon,' have been illustrated here in bold signature style...lush watercolors and black-and-white drawings....A handsome anthology to whet the appetites of the dragon-lovers among us."--Booklist.