Summary of John Garth's Tolkien and the Great War

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Tolkien had a very different childhood from what he would have had if he had been a healthier child. He was born in 1892 in Bloemfontein, one of the two Boer republics that had won independence from British rule in South Africa. His father died from rheumatic fever in 1896, and his mother took the boys back to England. #2 Tolkien had a flair for calligraphy, which he had inherited from his mother. He learned t