Cavatica, a beautiful large grey spider who lived with Wilbur in the barn. This is the story of a little girl named Fern who loved a little pig named Wilbur - and of Wilbur's dear friend Charlotte A. 'Charlotte's Web: One of America's best-loved children's books. All three volumes are illustrated with black-and-white drawings. In 1970 the American Library Association presented White the Laura Ingalls Wilder Award in recognition of his 'substantial and lasting contribution to literature for children.' He was also awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1963 and received a special Pulitzer Prize citation for his body of work in 1970.Fine condition color illustrated slipcase containing three fine condition unread softcover wraps volumes, as follows: 1) Charlotte's Web: 30th printing, 1973, 184 pages, illustrated by Garth Williams, (this volume contains a neatly affixed Coat of Arms bookplate affixed to the inner front cover 2) Stuart Little: 28th printing, 1973, 131 pages illustrated by Garth Williams and 3) The Trumpet of the Swan: 1st Harper Trophy Book printing 1973, 210 pages. His diverse legacy also includes three children's books: Stuart Little, Charlotte's Web, and The Trumpet of the Swan. White died on Octoafter succumbing to Alzheimer's. White also co-authored Is Sex Necessary? with the humorist James Thurber, a fellow staff member at The New Yorker. It has sold millions of copies since it was first published in 1959 and has become a cherished resource for guidance in writing. White adapted a short guide to English grammar and usage, The Elements of Style, from a college text written by one of his professors at Cornell, William Strunk Jr.

One Man's Meat, published in 1942, is a collection of his writings for Harper's. Writings from The New Yorker, 1927-1976 is a compilation of columns and essays produced during White's long relationship with the magazine. They had one son, and in 1957 the family left New York for a farm in North Brookline, Maine.

His interests, as reflected in his writing, were numerous and varied his essays touched on such wide-ranging subjects as politics, farm animals, and life in New York City. As a columnist for The New Yorker and a contributor to Harper's Magazine, White established a reputation as a prose stylist of exceptional elegance, clarity and wit. After graduating from Cornell University, he worked briefly for an advertising agency and as a newspaper reporter before joining the staff of The New Yorker magazine in 1927. Elwyn Brooks White was born on July 11, 1899, in Mt.

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