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Lloyd Alexander

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Taran Wanderer Summary

Taran Wanderer by Lloyd Alexander is the fourth installment in a series of books about the fairytale land of Prydain. Taran is an assistant pig-keeper who is in love with a princess. For this reason, Taran would like to find the parents who abandoned him as a child in order to learn if he is of noble birth in order to make him worthy to marry his love. However, Taran's adventure...

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Lloyd Alexander Biographies (3)

Lloyd Alexander

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Lloyd Alexander is widely regarded as a master of twentieth-century children's literature. He is best-known for his fantasy fiction and modern fables: imaginative and adventurous stories, often rooted... Read more

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Lloyd Alexander was born on January 30, 1924, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania and raised in that city. "Family life as a child was unextraordinary. My childhood was certainly no more miserable than anyo... Read more

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In the thirty-odd years of his writing career, Lloyd Chudley Alexander has proven himself a master in the field of modern children's literature. His numerous literary awards both in the United States ... Read more

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