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Thornton Waldo Burgess (1874 - 1965). Born in Massachusetts, he was a conservationist and author of children's stories. He loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years. By retirement, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for daily columns in newspapers.He was the son of Caroline F. Haywood and Thornton W. Burgess Sr., a direct descendant of Thomas Burgess, one of the first settlers of Sandwich, Massachusetts, in 1637. Thornton W. Burgess, Sr., died the same year his son was born, and the young Thornton Burgess was brought up by his mother in Sandwich. They lived in humble circumstances with relatives. As a youth he worked year round in order to earn money. Some of his jobs included tending cows, picking trailing arbutus or berries, shipping water lilies from local ponds, selling candy and trapping muskrats. William C. Chipman, one of his employers, lived on Discovery Hill Road, a wildlife habitat of woodland and wetland. This habitat became the setting of many of Thornton's stories in which he refers to Smiling Pool and the Old Briar Patch. He briefly attended a business college in Boston but disliked studying business and wanted to write. He moved to Springfield, Massachusetts, where he took a job as an editorial assistant at the Phelps Publishing Company. His first stories were written under the pen name "W.B. Thornton." He married in 1905, but his wife died only a year later, leaving him to raise their son alone. It is said that he began writing bedtime stories to entertain his young son. He remarried in 1911; his wife Fannie had two children by a previous marriage. They bought a home in Hampden, Massachusetts, and this became his permanent residence in 1957. He returned often to Sandwich, which he claimed as his birthplace and spiritual home. Many of his childhood experiences and the people he knew there influenced his interest, and were the impetus for his concern for wildlife.

Enjoy the classic children's tale of Peter Pan and the Darling children, and their adventures in Neverland. First published in 1911, it remains a marvelous mix of fantasy and adventure, featuring unique, imaginative characters which frisk and frolic in an enchanting land. The Darling household is a place of joy for the three children, Wendy, John, and Michael, their loving parents, nurse, and a dog named Nana. But, at night, sneaking in to listen to Mrs. Darling's bedtime stories is Peter Pan. One night he is seen, but when trying to stop him as he flies out the window, only his shadow his caught. When returning for his shadow Peter accidentally wakes Wendy. He convinces Wendy and her brothers to return to Neverland with him and his fairy Tinker Bell. So off they fly over the rooftops of London to many adventures in magical Neverland.

Excerpt from The Adventures of Peter PeterkinFor, when the growly Wind took to blowing over the pumpkin patch and set the fat yellow balls of pumpkins swaying from this side to that on their slender vines, poor Peterkin would be jounced clear out Of bed and sent spin ning round and round the circled pumpkin wall.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

After 11 year old Peter Tucker wakes up from a nightmare and vision of his destiny of being the chosen one to save the earth, he must go through a test of skill to level up in the ranks of the Tiger Clan. Peter's not the only one to test his skill, his brother Jason McCoy and long time rival Vega also have to prove themselves of how skilled they are as warriors. After being impressed of Peter and Jason's skills, their Sensei Verne Riddell adds the two to fight with the Clan for the competition on Genies Island against rival clans Snake and Dragon despite their young age. He also gives the boys an assignment which is a secret mission to rescue the Genies Princess Tulip from the capture of the Shadow League while competing against the rival clans. Before Peter and Jason embarks on this journey, they encounter an enemy that is a part of the Shadow League in which he claims to be their distant relative. On top of that, he is on a mission to eliminate Peter so the dark army of the Shadow Legion can destroy and devour the world with an iron fist. Just when things can't get any worse, Peter have to settle the score with Vega to prove who the better warrior is before the competition. With so much tension going on within the Clan, will Peter be able to make it to Genies Island to compete? Or will his enemy and rival overwhelm him to the point where he will face defeat? Peter's limit will soon get tested.

Enjoy the classic children's tale of Peter Pan and the Darling children, and their adventures in Neverland. First published in 1911, it remains a marvelous mix of fantasy and adventure, featuring unique, imaginative characters which frisk and frolic in an enchanting land. The Darling household is a place of joy for the three children, Wendy, John, and Michael, their loving parents, nurse, and a dog named Nana. But, at night, sneaking in to listen to Mrs. Darling's bedtime stories is Peter Pan. One night he is seen, but when trying to stop him as he flies out the window, only his shadow his caught. When returning for his shadow Peter accidentally wakes Wendy. He convinces Wendy and her brothers to return to Neverland with him and his fairy Tinker Bell. So off they fly over the rooftops of London to many adventures in magical Neverland.

Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - All children, except one, grow up. They soon know that they will grow up, and the way Wendy knew was this. One day when she was two years old she was playing in a garden, and she plucked another flower and ran with it to her mother. I suppose she must have looked rather delightful, for Mrs. Darling put her hand to her heart and cried, "Oh, why can't you remain like this for ever!" This was all that passed between them on the subject, but henceforth Wendy knew that she must grow up. You always know after you are two. Two is the beginning of the end. Of course they lived at 14 [their house number on their street], and until Wendy came her mother was the chief one. She was a lovely lady, with a romantic mind and such a sweet mocking mouth. Her romantic mind was like the tiny boxes, one within the other, that come from the puzzling East, however many you discover there is always one more; and her sweet mocking mouth had one kiss on it that Wendy could never get, though there is was, perfectly conspicuous in the right-hand corner.