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Talking to the animals; The son of "Doctor Dolittle" author Hugh Lofting offers a revealing look at his dad, the origin of the books and a new musical.(ENTERTAINMENT)

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From: Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN)
Date: 20050814
Author:Preston, Rohan

Byline: Rohan Preston; Staff Writer

Chris Lofting usually gets quizzical looks when he tells people that he is the son of Hugh Lofting, author of the "Doctor Dolittle" books about the doctor who talks with animals and goes on fantastic adventures. " `Don't you mean his grandson?' they always ask me," Lofting said recently from his New York home. "But he was 55 when he had me, and I had him around for 13 years."

The seeds of the Dolittle books were letters Hugh Lofting wrote home to his children while he served in World War I. The books, which began in the 1920s, inspired ...

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