Freddy Anniversary Collection The First Three Freddy Books in One Volume

Walter R. Brooks was born in Rome, New York, on January 9, 1886, and died in Roxbury, New York, on August 17, 1958. Brooks attended the University of Rochester and, after graduation, worked for the American Red Cross and the Woodrow Wilson Foundation. He became associate editor of Outlook in 1928 and then a staff writer for several magazines, including The New Yorker. The short stories he wrote at this time were published in The Saturday Evening Post, The Atlantic Monthly, and Esquire. Brooks's short story, "Ed Takes the Pledge," was the basis for the 1960s television series, Mr. Ed, but his most lasting achievement is the Freddy the Pig series, which began in 1927 with To and Again (Freddy Goes to Florida). He subsequently wrote twenty-five more delightful books starring FreddyBrooks, Walter R. is the author of 'Freddy Anniversary Collection The First Three Freddy Books in One Volume' with ISBN 9781585673469 and ISBN 1585673463.