Thornton W. Burgess

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born

January 15, 1874 in Sandwich, Mass., The United States

died

June 05, 1965

gender

male

website

http://www.thorntonburgess.org/

genre

Children's Books, Outdoors & Nature

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Thornton W. Burgess (1874-1965), American author, naturalist and conservationist, wrote popular children's stories including the Old Mother West Wind (1910) series. He would go on to write more than 100 books and thousands of short-stories during his lifetime.

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Average rating: 4.06 · 2,630 ratings · 164 reviews · 133 distinct works

	The Adventures of Peter Cottontail by Thornton W. Burgess, Children's Dover Thrift 3.94 avg rating — 235 ratings — published 1914 — 15 editions	My rating:
	Old Mother West Wind 4.17 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 1917 — 35 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Reddy Fox by Thornton W. Burgess, Children's Dover Thrift 4.01 avg rating — 154 ratings — published 1907 — 33 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Danny Meadow Mouse by Thornton W. Burgess, Children's Dover Thrift 3.99 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 1915 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Old Mr. Toad by Thornton W. Burgess, Children's Dover Thrift 4.02 avg rating — 97 ratings — published 1916 — 18 editions	My rating:
	The Burgess Bird Book for Children by Thornton W. Burgess, Louis Agassiz Fuertes (Illustrator) 4.24 avg rating — 92 ratings — published 1919 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Paddy the Beaver by Thornton W. Burgess, Children's Dover Thrift 4.05 avg rating — 95 ratings — published 1917 — 29 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Jimmy Skunk by Thornton W. Burgess, Thea Kliros (Illustrator), Harrison Cady (Illustrator) 4.06 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1918 — 20 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Chatterer the Red Squirrel by Thornton W. Burgess, Children's Dover Thrift 3.95 avg rating — 96 ratings — published 1915 — 22 editions	My rating:
	The Adventures of Sammy Jay by Thornton W. Burgess, Children's Dover Thrift 3.99 avg rating — 76 ratings — published 1915 — 10 editions	My rating:

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“What's in a name? Sometimes a lot of real work.”
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