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By Esther Lombardi, About.com Guide to Classic Literature since 2000

The Trumpet of the Swan

Wednesday July 11, 2007
E.B. White was born on July 11, 1899, in Mount Vernon, New York. White is known as a famous novelist and essayist, known for The Trumpet of the Swan, Charlotte's Web, and Stuart Little.

White once said, "Walden is the only book I own, although there are some others unclaimed on my shelves. Every man, I think, reads one book in his life, and this one is mine. It is not the best book I ever encountered, perhaps, but it is for me the handiest, and I keep it about me in much the same way one carries a handkerchief - for relief in moments of defluxion or despair." Read more about Beginner Classics.

What work by E.B. White do you most enjoy: an essay, book, or other work?

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