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Title
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The Battle of the Frogs and the Mice: A Homeric Fable
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Description
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First printing
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By George Martin
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Creator
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Martin, George
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Contributor
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Gwynne, Fred
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Date
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2020-02-27T20:41:01Z
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2015-07
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2016
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Date Available
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2020-02-27T20:41:01Z
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Date Issued
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2016
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Abstract
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Here is a paperbound version of a book already in the collection in a hardbound version. That edition was in 1962 and was done in hardbound with a dust-jacket from Dodd, Mead & Company. Now here is a paperback re-issue of the book, in fact a first printing, from Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin. One sign of the change is that the sub-title has shifted from "An Homeric Fable" to "A Homeric Fable." As I wrote of that edition, this contemporary version follows the Homeric parody through the death of Crum-snatcher and the description of arms. Thereafter it becomes original. Puff-jaw the frog, avoiding a water-snake, abandons Crum-snatcher the mouse, and the latter drowns. This incident will ultimately occasion the war. Puff-jaw denies his part in Crum-snatcher's death. The two sides arm. Gwynne does a good job of making the difficult scene "realizable." There is one great individual battle: Pond-larker versus Troglodyte. The former dies; then rains come and end the battle. Though I am happy to include the book in this collection, the only connection with fable continues to come in the sub-title.
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Identifier
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12204 (Access ID)
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Language
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eng
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Publisher
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Jeremy P. Tarcher/Penguin
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New York