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Success wasn't easy for Beatrix Potter
From: The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
Date: 20021024
Author:SUSAN REIMER
Family Matters
Success wasn't easy for Beatrix Potter
By SUSAN REIMER Los Angeles Times-Washington Post News Service
Thursday, October 24, 2002
Long before there was Harry Potter, there was Beatrix Potter.
And during this month, the 100th anniversary of the publishing of "The Tale of Peter Rabbit," it is appropriate to revisit the phenomenal success of this English author, one nearly as improbable as that of Harry's creator, J.K. Rowling.
Potter, the beloved children's storyteller whose delicate drawings of the world of woodland creatures continue to charm, was born in 1866 to nouveau riches ...
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