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Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column.

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden Leaf Printing on round Spine (extra customization on request like complete leather, Golden Screen printing in Front, Color Leather, Colored book etc.) Reprinted in 2017 with the help of original edition published long back [1922]. This book is printed in black & white, sewing binding for longer life, Printed on high quality Paper, re-sized as per Current standards, professionally processed without changing its contents. As these are old books, we processed each page manually and make them readable but in some cases some pages which are blur or missing or black spots. If it is multi volume set, then it is only single volume, if you wish to order a specific or all the volumes you may contact us. We expect that you will understand our compulsion in these books. We found this book important for the readers who want to know more about our old treasure so we brought it back to the shelves. Hope you will like it and give your comments and suggestions. Lang: - English, Pages 139. EXTRA 10 DAYS APART FROM THE NORMAL SHIPPING PERIOD WILL BE REQUIRED FOR LEATHER BOUND BOOKS. COMPLETE LEATHER WILL COST YOU EXTRA US$ 25 APART FROM THE LEATHER BOUND BOOKS.

2 Audio CD's - 1 Hour and 35 Minutes. The Adventures of Unc’ Billy Possum is another exciting adventure in the long-time favorite series of children's books by conservationist Thornton W. Burgess. “Old Billy Possum is dead!” So says Reddy Fox, anyway. And Reddy who’s always getting into scrapes with his impulsive nature, walks along singing, "Ol' Bill Possum, it served him right, and he is no more, for he died last night!" Imagine his surprise when Reddy sees a ghost -- and the rest of the animals see the truth . . . at least until the next round of tomfoolery takes place on the very day of Peter Rabbit's party! Unc' Billy Possum learns how very easy it is to get into trouble -- and how hard it is to get back out-- in the classic children’s tale from the library of Thornton Burgess. Our CDs are packaged in premium DVD cases with CD labeling printed right on the CD in full color. We do not use paper stick-on labels, these tend to peel off over time and can really jam up car CD players and computers. Please note: All recordings we offer on CD are produced with recordings from Librivox, public domain works recorded by volunteers. We at St. Clare Audio would like to thank the volunteers for their gift of offering their work to the public domain. St. Clare Audio's niche is providing them in ready-to-purchase CD sets, for those who cannot download, or have not the desire or time to do so, as well as the benefit of a nice case and professionally produced CDs. The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum Audiobook is read by Multiple Readers.

Thornton Waldo Burgess (January 14, 1874 – June 5, 1965) was a conservationist and author of children's stories. Burgess loved the beauty of nature and its living creatures so much that he wrote about them for 50 years in books and his newspaper column, Bedtime Stories. He was sometimes known as the Bedtime Story-Man. By the time he retired, he had written more than 170 books and 15,000 stories for the daily newspaper column.

Lots of adventures, some silly and funny, others serious and dangerous, all told in great style and having lots of important conclusions for young readers – this is what The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum by Thornton W. Burgess is about.The story starts with rumors of the Ol’ Bill Possum being dead – rumors that are believed and circulated by Bill’s biggest enemy, Reddy Fox. However, Unc’ Billy Possum cannot be more alive, so Reddy Fox is in for some bad news. Lots of other events disturb the life of the forest dwellers – almost everyone gets into trouble at least once during the story, the protagonist taking part in more adventures than he has ever wanted to.What keeps Unc’ Billy busy is his plans to have his family from Ol’ Virginny by his side – he seems to be able to pull it all off and Peter Rabbit is already arranging to have a welcome party for the newcomers, but some greedy guys in the forest such as Sammy Jay, Reddy Fox and Shadow the Weasel plan otherwise. They want to ruin the welcome party, stealing all the food that is laid out for the guests and eating it all – whether they will succeed in their endeavor is for the young readers to find out.As usual, this fable by Burgess is more than a story revolving around funny animal characters. Each of the characters has virtues and vices, each of them adds some sort of lesson to the final conclusion of the story. What kids will learn from The Adventures of Unc' Billy Possum is how futile selfishness is, how harmful greed and recklessness can be, how important honesty, friendship and forgiveness is – all important moral conclusions presented in a way that is entertaining and very enjoyable for kids of all ages.