The Path Through the Trees

Milne, Christopher (illustrated by Drawings by Tim Wood)

ISBN 10: 0525176306 / ISBN 13: 9780525176305

Published by McClelland and Stewart Toronto 1979, 1979

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First Canadian edition White spine with green cloth in dust jacket Pp.xv,268 4 b&w illus. 8vo. Vg in vg dust jacket By the son of A. A. Milne. Seller Inventory # 16286

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Path Through the Trees

Publisher: McClelland and Stewart Toronto 1979

Publication Date: 1979

Binding: Hardcover

Illustrator: Tim Wood

Dust Jacket Condition: Dust Jacket Included

Edition: 1st Edition

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Synopsis:

The need to outgrow one's childhood influences and establish an individual identity is common to us all, but for Christopher Milne it was an especially difficult experience in view of the unique problems he faced as the son of A. A. Milne. In this warm, honest, and often amusing autobiography, he traces the path which, after several wrong turnings, ultimately led him and his wife, Lesley, to establish the successful Harbour Bookshop in Dartmouth - a path which led not to spectacular achievements, but to modest success and contentment. Wise, humble, and philosophical, The Path Through the Trees is Christopher Milne's search as a young man for his own place in life, told with the same sincerity and vividness that distinguished his first book, The Enchanted Places. '. . . it is readily, and with the utmost pleasure, I give this alpha-plus.' Bookseller '. . . it has great charm, and is most enjoyable.' Daily Telegraph 'An irresistibly attractive candour informs this book.' Economist

About the Author:

Christopher Robin Milne was the son of author A.A. (Alan Alexander) Milne and Dorothy de Selincourt. As a young child, he was the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father's Winnie-the-Pooh stories and in two books of poems.

Christopher Milne was a shy boy and did not like the attention that he received from the public because of his father's success with the Pooh books. In 1974, Milne decided to publish the first of three autobiographical books. The Enchanted Places gave an account of his childhood and of the problems that he had encountered because of the Pooh books.