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About E. B. White

E. B. White was a 19th-century American author. Elwyn Brooks White was an American writer. He was the author of highly popular books for children: Stuart Little (1945), Charlotte's Web (1952), and The Trumpet of the Swan (1970). Read more on Wikipedia →

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