The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood - Softcover

Pyle, Howard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0451522842 ISBN 13: 9780451522849

Publisher: Signet Classics, 1986

Synopsis

Recounts the adventures of Robin Hood and his merry band in Sherwood Forest, and their various difficulties with the Sheriff of Nottingham.

About this title

From the Publisher:

8 1.5-hour cassettes

About the Author:

Howard Pyle was born on March 5, 1853 in Wilmington, Delaware. From the time he was a very small boy he loved pictures, especially the pictures in storybooks. Among his favorites were Grimm’s German Fairy Tales and Arabian Nights. At the age of twenty-one, Pyle began to contribute illustrations and fables to St. Nicholas magazine and later went on to write and illustrate books for children. His first was The Merry Adventures of Robin Hood in 1883. Many more books followed, including Pepper and Salt; or, Seasoning for Young Folk, Otto of the Silver Hand, Howard Pyle’s Book of Pirates, and The Story of King Arthur and His Knights. He also taught illustration at the Drexel Institute in Philadelphia and later set up his own art school in Wilmington. He died on November 9, 1911, in Florence, Italy.

About this edition

• Publisher: Signet Classics
• Publication date: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0451522842
• ISBN 13: 9780451522849
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416