Freddy and the Popinjay
New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945.
Price: $400.00
Hardcover. First edition. Illustrated by Kurt Wiese. A little soiling on the foredge else fine in very good dustwrapper with a number of tears and some general wear. Freddy the intrepid pig detective intervenes when the local farm animals revolt.
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Walter R. Brooks
birth name: Walter R. Brooks
born: 01/09/1886
died: 08/17/1958
Biography
Children's book author, Creator of the Freddy the Pig series which took place on the Bean Farm in upstate New York. His early short story "Ed Signs the Pledge" was the basis for the *Mister Ed* television series.more