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Eric Linklater

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(1899 - 1974)

Eric Robert Russell Linklater (March 8, 1899 – November 7, 1974) was a Welsh-born Scottish writer of novels and short stories, military history, and travel books. For The Wind on the Moon, a children’s fantasy novel, he won the 1944 Carnegie Medal from the Library Association for the year’s best children’s book by a British subject.



Bibliography

The Compleat Imbiber 9: An Entertainment (1975)

An anthology of drink, with a dust jacket by Ardizzone.

The Merry Muse (1959)

Max Arbuthnot becomes mixed up with an unpublished manuscript by Robert Burns.

Author(s): Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s): Hilary Knight

The Pirates in the Deep Green Sea (1949)

Timothy and Hew join forces with Davy Jones to foil the villainous Dan Scumbril and his dastarly crew in their attempt to take over the ocean depths.

Author(s): Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s): William Reeves

The Wind on the Moon: A Story for Children (1944)

Dinah and Dorinda determine to be naughty while their father is away.

Author(s): Eric Linklater
Illustrator(s): Nicolas Bentley

Carnegie Medal
Carnegie Medal - 1944

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