TY  - BOOK
AU  - Carpenter,Humphrey
TI  - J.R.R. Tolkien: a biography 
SN  - 0618057021 (pbk.)
PY  - 2000///, c1987
CY  - Boston
PB  - Houghton Mifflin
KW  - Tolkien, J. R. R.
KW  - Authors, English
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Biography
KW  - Anglicists
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Fantasy literature
KW  - Authorship
KW  - Middle Earth (Imaginary place)
N1  - Reprint. Originally published: J.R.R. Tolkien. London : G. Allen & Unwin, 1977; Includes index; "Sources and acknowledgements": p. 276-279; "The published writings of J.R.R. Tolkien": p. [266]-275
N2  - A biography of J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the fictional world of Middle-Earth, discussing his early life, his career as a scholar and teacher, his decision to write and the development of his work
ER  -