The Britannica writes, “After publishing several more children’s works, Geisel released Horton in 1940 with it he introduced the features that would come to define his books: a unique brand of humour, playful use of words and outlandish characters. In 1936 Seuss sailed again for Europe, the rhythm of the ships engine inspired the poem, And To Think That I Saw It On Mulberry Street. At Oxford he met and married Helen Palmer in 1927 and returned to the USA. He entered Lincoln College, Oxford, intending to earn a doctorate in literature. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1925 where he wrote magazine articles under the name Geisel and Seuss. Theodore Geisel was born in Springfield, Massachusettes. Illustration from Number Elelen Joy Street So I began collecting all I could on Hugh Chesterman. Chesterman’s illustration to Vasco da Gama Rounding The Cape Of Good Hope reminded me of Dr Seuss’s beardless lions in If I Ran The Zoo and I thought maybe Chesterman inspired Dr Seuss. I remember being introduced to Hugh Chesterman after purchasing Number Eleven Joy Street in 2007. Hugh Chesterman edited The Merry-Go-Round
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