J.R.R. Tolkien: The Shores of Middle-Earth

by Robert Giddings

Frederick, Aletheia Books, 1982 [1981]. University Publications of America. x, 289 ill.; 23 cm. [Tolkien, J. R. R. -- (John Ronald Reuel), -- 1892-1973. -- Lord of the rings. -- Sources. / Fantasy fiction, English -- History and criticism.]

289 pages, Hardcover

First published June 30, 1981

About the author

Robert Giddings (1936), professor emeritus at Bournemouth University, who has died aged 76, lived, taught, wrote and argued from a wheelchair, having been disabled by polio as a child. He produced 20 books, alone or in collaboration, and reviewed widely, for publications including the Listener, Observer, New Statesman and Tribune. Source