![]() ![]() He later joined a British army airborne division but never saw combat. With the outbreak of World War II, he left the University of Oxford to enlist in the Royal Army Service Corps. As a "kind of joke" and nod to his father, Adams used early royalties from "Watership Down" to buy a genuine coat of arms for himself, appropriately featuring three rabbits on a green ground. In interviews, Adams recalled that his father was also class-conscious and something of a snob. ![]() He was the youngest of three boys, the son of a nurse and a father who, when he wasn't working as the local doctor, tested Adams on the names of the birds and other wildlife that surrounded their home, urging him to learn, as well, his knotgrass and pimpernel, heartsease and speedwell. ![]() Richard George Adams was born in Newbury, England, on May 9, 1920. In a sign of the book's reach, it even introduced the idea of a rabbit to readers who had never seen one: The covers of some worldwide editions featured gerbils scampering over sand dunes. A musical and an animated television series followed. ![]() "It is a story about rabbits, that is all."Īn animated movie was made in 1978, with voices provided by actors such as John Hurt, Ralph Richardson and Zero Mostel. "I promise you it is not a fable or an allegory or a parable of any kind," he told the Pittsburgh Press upon its release. ![]()
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