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Iron Giant (Film Tie-in) Ted Hughes

Iron Giant (Film Tie-in) By Ted Hughes

Iron Giant (Film Tie-in) by Ted Hughes


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Summary

The film tie-in edition of Ted Hughes's original story, The Iron Man. A clanking iron giant topples from a cliff and lies smashed on the rocks below. Then, his various parts begin to stir and reach out for one another. The Iron Man is ready to walk again - and he is very hungry.

Iron Giant (Film Tie-in) Summary

Iron Giant (Film Tie-in) by Ted Hughes

A clanking iron giant topples from a cliff and lies smashed on the rocks below. Then his various parts begin to stir and reach out for one another. The Iron Man is ready to walk again, and he is very hungry .

About Ted Hughes

Ted Hughes was born on 17 August 1930 in Mytholmroyd, a small mill town in West Yorkshire. His father made portable wooden buildings. The family moved to Mexborough, a coal-mining town in South Yorkshire, when Hughes was seven. His parents took over a newsagent and tobacconist shop, and eventually he went to the local grammar school.In 1948 Hughes won an Open Exhibition to Pembroke College, Cambridge. Before going there, he served two years National Service in the Royal Air Force. Between leaving Cambridge and becoming a teacher, he worked at various jobs, finally as a script-reader for Rank at their Pinewood Studios.In 1956 Hughes married the American poet Sylvia Plath, who died in 1963, and they had two children. He remarried in 1970. He was awarded the OBE in 1977, created Poet Laureate in December 1984 and appointed to the Order of Merit in 1998. He died in October 1998.Ted Hughes's first book, The Hawk in the Rain, was published by Fabe

Additional information

GOR001499105
9780571204359
057120435X
Iron Giant (Film Tie-in) by Ted Hughes
Used - Very Good
Paperback
Faber & Faber
20000110
64
N/A
Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.
This is a used book - there is no escaping the fact it has been read by someone else and it will show signs of wear and previous use. Overall we expect it to be in very good condition, but if you are not entirely satisfied please get in touch with us

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