Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down', reads from his book in 2008 at the Whitchurch (England) Arts presentation of Aldo Galli's paintings, which were inspired by the book. Andrew Reeves-Hall ...

Adams often said he felt that the book's composition had been guided by God. Richard George Adams was born on May 9, 1920, at Newbury, Berkshire. He was the youngest by some years of three ...

Richard George Adams was born May 9, 1920. His signature book about a group of rabbits searching for a new home as theirs is destroyed was first published in Britain in 1972 when Adams was 52.

Once upon a time there was a middle-aged civil servant who told his children a story about rabbits. The tale, designed to while away a long car journey, turned into a best-seller. Yet Richard ...

Richard Adams, author of 'Watership Down', reads from his book in 2008 at the Whitchurch ... gerbils scampering over sand dunes. Richard George Adams was born in Newbury, England, on May 9 ...

Once upon a time there was a middle-aged civil servant who told his children a story about rabbits. The tale, designed to while away a long car journey, turned into a best-seller. Yet Richard ...