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The Book of Merlyn
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The titular end of 'The Once and Future King'. This book was refused publication originally. Paper rationing during WWII and the anti-war tone were probably equally responsible for its refusal. It sat, unmolested in T.H. White's papers at UT - Austin. Why Texas ended up getting T.H. White's papers is a mystery to me.
Anyway, it was discovered in the late 70s and published excitedly by University of Texas Press. While I loved The Once and Future King, and rather enjoyed The Book of Merlyn, the book is more of an expositiion on war and human nature, mixed with a bunch of geese and ants. OK, so that is too cheeky, but still, it wasn't as good as the first four books, and ended up probably being an unnecessary capstone on an almost perfect series, IMHO. But, anyway, it was still enjoyable.
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- Robert Farwell / Edward Jones library / Mesa, AZ 2014
Anyway, it was discovered in the late 70s and published excitedly by University of Texas Press. While I loved The Once and Future King, and rather enjoyed The Book of Merlyn, the book is more of an expositiion on war and human nature, mixed with a bunch of geese and ants. OK, so that is too cheeky, but still, it wasn't as good as the first four books, and ended up probably being an unnecessary capstone on an almost perfect series, IMHO. But, anyway, it was still enjoyable.
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- Robert Farwell / Edward Jones library / Mesa, AZ 2014
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January 24, 2014
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January 24, 2014
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February 12, 2014
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