Happy Birthday, ‘The Hobbit’: The History of J.R.R. Tolkien’s Book

It’s the 75^th anniversary of the publication of The Hobbit. Corey Olsen, author of the new book Exploring J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit, tells us the history of how the story of Bilbo Baggins changed even after the book was published. Plus, see Tolkien’s beautiful illustrations for The Hobbit.

Corey Olsen

Published Sep. 21 2012 11:30AM EDT 

Corey Olsen

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