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The Crested Screamers

Hugh Lofting

First published 1952
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story
Series Doctor Dolittle


During the 1920s: written and illustrated by Lofting; distributed by the Herald Syndicate; published by American newspapers presumably including the New York Herald (New York Herald Tribune from March 1924).

"Because some of the stories were written in sequence with others, my sister, {{a|Olga Michael}}, has written a short introductory paragraph to these to clarify the settings and introduce the characters. Otherwise, they stand as originally written." --1952 Foreword by Lofting's widow Josephine Fricker Lofting

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
1952 Cover Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures J. B. Lippincott / BCE Collection 91
September 1952 Cover Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures J. B. Lippincott Collection |5
October 1966 Cover Doctor Dolittle's Puddleby Adventures J. M. Dent Collection |5