The Resource Mary Poppins, she wrote : the life of P.L. Travers, Valerie Lawson
Mary Poppins, she wrote : the life of P.L. Travers, Valerie Lawson
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- Summary
- The story of Mary Poppins<U+2019> creator, as this definitive biography reveals, is equally remarkable. The fabulous English nanny was actually conceived by an Australian, Pamela Lyndon Travers, who came to London in 1924 from Queensland as a journalist. She became involved with Theosophy, traveled in the literary circles of W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot, and became a disciple of the famed spiritual guru, Gurdjieff. She famously clashed with Walt Disney over the adaptation of the Mary Poppins books into film. Travers, whom Disney accused of vanity for “thinking you know more about Mary Poppins than I do,” was as tart and opinionated as Julie Andrews<U+2019>s big-screen Mary Poppins was cheery. Yet it was a love of mysticism and magic that shaped Travers<U+2019>s life as well as the character of Mary Poppins. The clipped, strict, and ultimately mysterious nanny who emerged from her pen was the creation of someone who remained inscrutable and enigmatic to the end of her ninety-six years
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster edition.
- Extent
- x, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Note
- "Mary Poppins she wrote" was previously published in London by Aurum, 2005. It was originally published by Hodder in 1999 under title: Out of the sky she came
- Isbn
- 9780743298162
- Label
- Mary Poppins, she wrote : the life of P.L. Travers
- Title
- Mary Poppins, she wrote
- Title remainder
- the life of P.L. Travers
- Statement of responsibility
- Valerie Lawson
- Subject
-
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Fathers -- Death
- trueGrief
- truePoppins, Mary (Fictitious character)
- trueSingle mothers
- trueSpiritual journeys
- Travers, P. L., (Pamela Lyndon), 1899-1996
- trueAdoption
- trueAunt and niece
- trueAustralian people in England
- Australians -- England -- Biography
- trueAustralians in England
- trueAustralians in England -- Biography
- trueAuthors, Australian
- Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English
- Bereavement
- Biographies
- trueDeath of fathers
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The story of Mary Poppins<U+2019> creator, as this definitive biography reveals, is equally remarkable. The fabulous English nanny was actually conceived by an Australian, Pamela Lyndon Travers, who came to London in 1924 from Queensland as a journalist. She became involved with Theosophy, traveled in the literary circles of W.B. Yeats and T.S. Eliot, and became a disciple of the famed spiritual guru, Gurdjieff. She famously clashed with Walt Disney over the adaptation of the Mary Poppins books into film. Travers, whom Disney accused of vanity for “thinking you know more about Mary Poppins than I do,” was as tart and opinionated as Julie Andrews<U+2019>s big-screen Mary Poppins was cheery. Yet it was a love of mysticism and magic that shaped Travers<U+2019>s life as well as the character of Mary Poppins. The clipped, strict, and ultimately mysterious nanny who emerged from her pen was the creation of someone who remained inscrutable and enigmatic to the end of her ninety-six years
- Biography type
- individual biography
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 184450
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Lawson, Valerie
- Dewey number
-
- 823/.912
- B
- Illustrations
-
- illustrations
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- PR6039.R32
- LC item number
- Z74 2006
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Travers, P. L.
- Authors, English
- Authors, Australian
- Australians
- Poppins, Mary (Fictitious character)
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the life of P.L. Travers
- Label
- Mary Poppins, she wrote : the life of P.L. Travers, Valerie Lawson
- Note
- "Mary Poppins she wrote" was previously published in London by Aurum, 2005. It was originally published by Hodder in 1999 under title: Out of the sky she came
- Bibliography note
-
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [380]-381) and index
- "Published books by P.leaves Travers": page [382]
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster edition.
- Extent
- x, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743298162
- Lccn
- 2006050062
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780743298162
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- 70831110
- Label
- Mary Poppins, she wrote : the life of P.L. Travers, Valerie Lawson
- Note
- "Mary Poppins she wrote" was previously published in London by Aurum, 2005. It was originally published by Hodder in 1999 under title: Out of the sky she came
- Bibliography note
-
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [380]-381) and index
- "Published books by P.leaves Travers": page [382]
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First Simon & Schuster edition.
- Extent
- x, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780743298162
- Lccn
- 2006050062
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other control number
- 9780743298162
- Other physical details
- illustrations
- System control number
- 70831110
Subject
- Authors, English -- 20th century -- Biography
- Fathers -- Death
- trueGrief
- truePoppins, Mary (Fictitious character)
- trueSingle mothers
- trueSpiritual journeys
- Travers, P. L., (Pamela Lyndon), 1899-1996
- trueAdoption
- trueAunt and niece
- trueAustralian people in England
- Australians -- England -- Biography
- trueAustralians in England
- trueAustralians in England -- Biography
- trueAuthors, Australian
- Authors, Australian -- 20th century -- Biography
- trueAuthors, English
- Bereavement
- Biographies
- trueDeath of fathers
- trueEngland -- Social life and customs -- 20th century
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