Doctor Dolittle heads for the high seas in perhaps the most amazing adventure ever experienced by man or animal.

Hugh Lofting was born in 1886 in Maidenhead, Berkshire. His Doctor Dolittle books first appeared on paper in the form of letters to his children, Elizabeth and Colin. Lofting wrote a number of children's books besides the Dolittle series, including?The Story of Mrs. Tubbs?(1923),?Tommy,?Tilly and Mrs. Tubbs?(1936),?Porridge Poetry?(1924),?The Twilight of Magic?(1930), and?Gub Gub's Book?(1932). Lofting also wrote one book for adults,?Victory for the Slain?(1942). He died in 1947 in Santa Monica, California.