Doctor Dolittle's Post Office

by Hugh Lofting

Overview

In yet another rollicking adventure Doctor Dolittle helps to capture a slave trader's ship organizes the postal service of a small African kingdom Fantippo discovers a hidden island populated by prehistoric creatures gets thrown into another African jail invents animal al...

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798880903924
Publisher:	Start Classics-Nbn
Publication date:	04/09/2024
Pages:	176
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.00(d)

About the Author

Hugh Lofting (1886-1947) was an English writer, soldier, and civil engineer. Born in Berkshire, England, Lofting was raised in a family with Irish and English parentage. Educated at Mount St Mary’s College, Lofting matriculated at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where he studied civil engineering between 1905 and 1906. After working for several years as a civil engineer, Lofting enlisted in the Irish Guards in order to fight in the Great War. Horrified by his experience in combat, Lofting wrote creative letters home to his wife and children that originated his legendary character Doctor Dolittle, a physician with the unique ability to speak with animals. Gravely wounded in France, Lofting returned home briefly before moving with his family to Connecticut. In 1920, he published The Story of Doctor Dolittle, the first in a series of fifteen novels and short story collections for children that have inspired numerous adaptations for theater, film, and television. In addition to these novels, Lofting published several other works for children—including picture books and poems—as well as Victory for the Slain (1942), a long antiwar poem and his only work written for adult readers.

Table of Contents

Part I

Zuzana

The Doctor’s Reception on the Warship

A Great Gunner

The Royal Mails of Fantippo

The Voyage Delayed

No-Man’s-Land

The Animals’ Paradise

The Swiftest Mail in the World

Part II

A Most Unusual Post Office

Cheapside

The Birds That Helped Columbus

Cape Stephen Light

Gulls and Ships

Weather Bureaus

Teaching by Mail

Part III

The Animals’ Magazine

The Doctor’s Story

Gub-Gub’s Story

Dab-Dab’s Story

The White Mouse’s Story

Jip’s Story

Too-Too’s Story

The Pushmi-Pullyu’s Story

Part IV

Parcel Post

The Great Mail Robbery

Pearls and Brussels Sprouts

Pearl Divers

Obombo’s Rebellion

The Doctor’s Release

A Mysterious Letter

The Land of the Mangrove Swamps

The Secret Lake

The Postmaster-General’s Last Order

Good-bye to Fantippo