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Wednesday, July 19, 2006 

The Lord of the Rings Anniversary

Posted by: David Bunch

Today marks the anniversary of the publishing of the first part of The Lord of The Rings trilogy in 1954. The Writer's Almanac has some interesting information about the famous novel, including the fact that it took Tolkien 17 years to complete it in its entirety.