Burgess, << BUR jihs, >> Thornton Waldo (1874-1965), was an American author of children’s books about animals and wildlife. Burgess felt it was important to represent his fictional characters accurately as animals. He is best known as the author of many stories about Peter Rabbit. Burgess began writing them as bedtime stories for his son, using the character created by English children’s author Beatrix Potter.
Burgess wrote over 70 books and many stories for newspaper publication. Most of his books were written as series, such as the Mother West Wind books (1910-1918). Now I Remember: Autobiography of an Amateur Naturalist (1960) is his autobiography. He was born on Jan. 14, 1874, in Sandwich, Massachusetts, and died on June 5, 1965.
