The Story of Charlotte's Web: E. B. White's Eccentric Life in Nature and the Birth of an American Classic - Tapa dura

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"Immensely charming"--"Boston Globe

""A fine stylist, Mr. Sims portrays these scenes with a beauty and an economy of language that would make the co-author of "The Elements of Style "proud."--"Wall Street Journal

""Thorough...clear, direct and concise...a lovely and empathetic testament to E.B. White's vision."--"The Washington Post

"""The Story of Charlotte's Web" is a paean to a great work and a window into the uniquely gifted man who created it."--"Christian Science Monitor

""Sims offers an affectionate homage to E.B. White"--"Entertainment Weekly

""An engaging, distilled, highly focused biography of White"--Salon

"Built on revealing glimpses"--"USA Today

""A really lovely book"--"Science Friday

""Unpacks the appeal of Charlotte's Web"--"Smithsonian

""Goes back to Zuckerman's farm"--"Vanity Fair

""A pocket biography"--"Chicago Sun-Times

""Beautifully written and researched, the book is well worth anyone's time"--Monica Edinger, Huffington Post "An affectionate biography...Packed with the same kind of sensory detail its subject reveled in, this account is an honorable addition to the literature of letters."--"Kirkus Reviews

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Immensely charming "Boston Globe"

A fine stylist, Mr. Sims portrays these scenes with a beauty and an economy of language that would make the co-author of "The Elements of Style "proud. "Wall Street Journal"

Thorough...clear, direct and concise...a lovely and empathetic testament to E.B. White's vision. "The Washington Post"

"The Story of Charlotte's Web" is a paean to a great work and a window into the uniquely gifted man who created it. "Christian Science Monitor"

Sims offers an affectionate homage to E.B. White "Entertainment Weekly"

An engaging, distilled, highly focused biography of White "Salon"

Built on revealing glimpses "USA Today"

A really lovely book "Science Friday"

Unpacks the appeal of Charlotte's Web "Smithsonian"

Goes back to Zuckerman's farm "Vanity Fair"

A pocket biography "Chicago Sun-Times"

Beautifully written and researched, the book is well worth anyone's time "Monica Edinger, Huffington Post"

An affectionate biography Packed with the same kind of sensory detail its subject reveled in, this account is an honorable addition to the literature of letters. "Kirkus Reviews""

Immensely charming Boston Globe

A fine stylist, Mr. Sims portrays these scenes with a beauty and an economy of language that would make the co-author of The Elements of Style proud. Wall Street Journal

Thorough...clear, direct and concise...a lovely and empathetic testament to E.B. White's vision. The Washington Post

The Story of Charlotte's Web is a paean to a great work and a window into the uniquely gifted man who created it. Christian Science Monitor

Sims offers an affectionate homage to E.B. White Entertainment Weekly

An engaging, distilled, highly focused biography of White Salon

Built on revealing glimpses USA Today

A really lovely book Science Friday

Unpacks the appeal of Charlotte's Web Smithsonian

Goes back to Zuckerman's farm Vanity Fair

A pocket biography Chicago Sun-Times

Beautifully written and researched, the book is well worth anyone's time Monica Edinger, Huffington Post

An affectionate biography Packed with the same kind of sensory detail its subject reveled in, this account is an honorable addition to the literature of letters. Kirkus Reviews

"Immensely charming" --Boston Globe

"A fine stylist, Mr. Sims portrays these scenes with a beauty and an economy of language that would make the co-author of The Elements of Style proud." --Wall Street Journal

"Thorough...clear, direct and concise...a lovely and empathetic testament to E.B. White's vision." --The Washington Post

"The Story of Charlotte's Web is a paean to a great work and a window into the uniquely gifted man who created it." --Christian Science Monitor

"Sims offers an affectionate homage to E.B. White" --Entertainment Weekly

"An engaging, distilled, highly focused biography of White" --Salon

"Built on revealing glimpses" --USA Today

"A really lovely book" --Science Friday

"Unpacks the appeal of Charlotte's Web" --Smithsonian

"Goes back to Zuckerman's farm" --Vanity Fair

"A pocket biography" --Chicago Sun-Times

"Beautifully written and researched, the book is well worth anyone's time" --Monica Edinger, Huffington Post

"An affectionate biography...Packed with the same kind of sensory detail its subject reveled in, this account is an honorable addition to the literature of letters." --Kirkus Reviews

In The Story of Charlotte's Web Michael Sims's shows how E. B. White solved what critic Clifton Fadiman once called "the standing problem of the juvenile-fantasy writer: how to find, not another Alice, but another rabbit hole." By mining the raw ore of his childhood in Mount Vernon, New York, in the first decade of the twentieth century, White translated his own passions and contradictions, delights and fears, into a book that would be read the world over. Building on a visit to White's farm in Maine, viewing his handwritten first draft of Charlotte's Web, Michael Sims chronicles White's animal-rich childhood, his writing about urban nature for the New Yorker, his scientific research into how spiders spin webs and lay eggs, his friendship with his legendary editor, Ursula Nordstrom, the composition and publication of his masterpiece, and his ongoing quest to recapture an enchanted childhood.