Richard Adams
Bibliography

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Fiction

The Adventures & Brave Deeds of the Ship's Cat on the Spanish Maine. London: J. Cape, 1977.
Story in verse

The Bureaucats. Illustrated by Robin Jacques. Viking Kestrel, 1985.

Presents the humorous adventures of two lovable but mischievous kittens whose good intentions often lead to trouble for their master.

The Girl in a Swing. 1st ed. New York: Knopf, distributed by Random House, 1980.

Adult romantic suspense novel

The Iron Wolf: And Other Stories. pa. 1980.

A collection of short stories.

The Legend of Te Tuna. Sidgwick & Jackson, 1986.

Maia. 1st American ed. New York: Knopf, 1985.

Adult adventure story

The Outlandish Knight. 1st World ed. Severn House Publishers, 1999.

The story of three generations of a family: Raymond who joins with the forces massing to challenge Richard of York, his son who remains loyal to the princess whose future is far from secure and Anthony, a man of action, straying toward treason. Reviews at Barnes & Noble

The Plague Dogs. Illustrated by A. Wainwright. London: Allen Lane : Collings, 1977; New York: Knopf, 1978; Reissue ed. Ballantine books, 1979.

Two canine heroes escape from the horrors of an animal research center and escape into the isolation-and terror- of the wilderness.

Shardik. Woodstock, NY: Overlook Press, 2002; London: Allen Lane, 1974.

"Shardik is a fantasy of tragic character, centered on the long-awaited reincarnation of the gigantic bear Shardik and his appearance among the half-barbaric Ortelgan people." Review from Barnes & Noble

Tales from Watership Down. lg. print ed. Rockland, MA: Wheeler, 1997; London: Hutchinson, 1996; New York: Knopf, 1996; pa. ed. Morrow, 1998.

Sequel to Watership Down; collection of nineteen tales part rabbit mythology, part the adventures encountered by El-ahrairah (rabbit folk hero) and part a continuation of the story of the inhabitants of Watership Down. Reviews at Barnes & Noble

Traveller : A Novel. 1st ed. New York: Knopf: distributed by Random House, 1988.

Examines the events of the Civil War through the eyes of General Robert E. Lee's closest companion and devoted horse, Traveller.

Watership Down. New York: Macmillan, 1974, c1972.

Chronicles the adventures of a group of rabbits searching for a safe place to establish a new warren where they can live in peace.

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Nonfiction

Nature Day and Night. Harmondsworth: Kestrel Books, 1978.

A Nature Diary. Illustrated by John Lawrence. New York: Viking, 1985.

Adams's record of what he saw and heard outdoors on the Isle of Man, in London and the Lake Districts, and other areas. Review at Barnes & Noble

Nature through the Seasons. Harmondsworth: Kestrel, 1975.

Occasional Poets : An Anthology. Edited by Richard Adams. New York: New York, 1986.

The Tyger Voyage. Illustrated by Nicola Bayley. London: J. Cape, 1976.

Children's poetry

Voyage through the Antarctic. By Richard Adams and Ronald Lockley; photographs by Peter Hirst-Smith. 1st American ed. New York: Knopf: distributed by Ranodm House, 1983.

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Biography

The Day Gone By: An Autobiography. 1st American ed. New York: Knopf: Distributed by Random House, 1991.

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