A.A. Milne's autobiography was published in 1939, and I've wanted a copy since 1974 when it was referenced in his son's memoir "The Enchanted Places." Unfortunately as far as I could tell it had never been reprinted, and copies went for silly money.
With my recent spate of Pooh/Calvin & Hobbes events, I idly googled the book again. Eureka, it was reprinted in 2017 on a print-to-order basis, and went for slightly less-than-silly money. I ordered one out of Great Blighty and it arrived yesterday.
Milne describes his childhood, growing up 1882-1900 in Kilburn. In the preface he says he won't be writing about his adulthood, or the successes of his Pooh books (1924-1930), or his plays both before & after Pooh. He's concentrating on his childhood. Rather like "The Enchanted Places," both father & son grew up privileged, raised by nannies, educated in the classics, dressed in dresses with long hair (to their chagrin), and less interested in telling the stories of their adulthood.
Alan's a better writer than Billy Moon, unsurprisingly.
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