Tracking down the other Potter.(TRAVEL WITH A PURPOSE)(Beatrix Potter)

From: Curve | Date: March 1, 2008| Author: | Copyright information

WHO KNEW that children's book author and illustrator Beatrix Potter, the woman beloved by legions of lesbians for her book The Tale of Peter Rabbit, was also an acclaimed mycologist who painted nuanced watercolors of fungi?

Who knew that she was also a passionate conservationist--spending her book royalties to buy up Lake District farms and save them from developers?

Or that she had a dog named Spot and pet bunnies named Peter Piper and Benjamin H. Bouncer?

Well, we did get an inkling of Beatrix Potter's personality in Miss Potter, the movie starring Renee Zellweger. ...

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