{"product_id":"remembering-christopher-robin-escaping-winnie-the-pooh-hardcover","title":"Remembering Christopher Robin: Escaping Winnie-The-Pooh - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eKevin Last\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis a story from a hundred years ago about a child framed by his father as the hero of one of the most famous children's characters in recent history. His parents wanted a girl and initially treated him as one. This, together with distant parents and an overwhelming Nanny, left him terminally shy and lacking in self-confidence. Initially unable to escape from him his fictional self, he became an object of continued interest from a non-understanding public. His saving came in the form of being sent away to Stowe School, going to Cambridge and becoming an expert on mines in Second World War. After a difficult period immediately post-war in London, he married and eventually ran a bookshop in Dartmouth for twenty-one years. His life was dominated by a love of the countryside, learned at his parents' country home, Cotchford Farm in Hartfield, East Sussex and afterwards in the South-West. How he achieved this, against the odds, is the subject of this biography.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eKevin J. Last\u003c\/b\u003e has degrees in Film Studies and English. Always fascinated by the power of film and their surrounding stories, he has lectured widely and written, acted and produced a series of educational\/entertainment shows for the theatre, including The Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford. His subjects have included Alfred Hitchcock, the First World War and John Betjeman. He has been published on a number of occasions in the \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail \u003c\/i\u003eand his initial publication with Unicorn, also about Cotchford Farm, was \u003ci\u003eThe Diary Of William Young of Cotchford Farm.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 240\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 28, 2023\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42153983148167,"sku":"9781911397649","price":45.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/3563297b460f1cc7e15e53d0f89e9487.webp?v=1733225834","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/remembering-christopher-robin-escaping-winnie-the-pooh-hardcover","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}