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J. A. Baker was a native of Essex, England. He wrote The Peregrine and The Hill of Summer. J. A. Baker was born on August 6, 1926, and died on December 26, 1987.

From https://www.nyrb.com/collections/j-a-baker.

For more information about J. A. Baker:

The Peregrine: https://www.nyrb.com/products/the-peregrine?variant=1094932429

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“Robert Macfarlane: ‘I Wanted the Reader to Undertake a Descent into the Darkness.’”: https://lithub.com/robert-macfarlane-i-wanted-the-reader-to-undertake-a-descent-into-the-darkness/

“Legendary Werner Herzog talks books with author Robert Pogue Harrison”: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MncnB-kofRo

“The secret life behind the writer of England’s greatest cult book”: https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/books/the-secret-life-behind-the-writer-of-england-s-greatest-cult-book-1.3333957