The obituary she linked to says he died “two weeks after the death of his wife of sixty-one years.” How poignant. He was in the US Army in WW II, stationed in Wales and working in intelligence and counter-intelligence. Now I know where he got a lot of the material for his fantasies.
 My favorite books by Mr. Alexander are Taran Wanderer and The Kestrel. Both of those books have strong, but vulnerable, male protagonists who bring out the mother-instinct in me. What are your favorite Alexander books?
5 thoughts on “Lloyd Alexander”
I also love “The Kestrel”, and his many cat-themed short stories. How sad that he is gone; and how very moving that it followed so soon upon his wife’s death.
I also love “The Kestrel”, and his many cat-themed short stories. How sad that he is gone; and how very moving that it followed so soon upon his wife’s death.
My son loved his Taran Wanderer books. I will have to tell him.
I have heard of that so often in the elderly who have been married such a long time…one passing soon after the other.
My favorites: The High King and Time Cat.
I didn’t realize Alexander was stationed in Wales – that really is eye-opening. I like all of the Prydain Chronicles.
I also love “The Kestrel”, and his many cat-themed short stories. How sad that he is gone; and how very moving that it followed so soon upon his wife’s death.
I also love “The Kestrel”, and his many cat-themed short stories. How sad that he is gone; and how very moving that it followed so soon upon his wife’s death.
My son loved his Taran Wanderer books. I will have to tell him.
I have heard of that so often in the elderly who have been married such a long time…one passing soon after the other.
My favorites: The High King and Time Cat.
I didn’t realize Alexander was stationed in Wales – that really is eye-opening. I like all of the Prydain Chronicles.