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CHESTER THE WORLDLY PIG
     
 

"Of ALL things," grumbled Chester, "why on earth did I have to be a pig? A pig is no better off than a cabbage or a carrot, just something to eat. But before I end up as so much sausage and ham, I intend to try and amount to something."

My dad loved pigs and loved to draw them. This story also gave him an opportunity to include a bear, the circus and its animals, and a circus train; other things he loved to draw. Part of the the inspiration for this story was a map he had seen drawn on a piece of animal hide.

ROUGH DRAFT OF CHESTER

FROM ROUGH DRAFT

One of his first memories is of two pigs in his birthplace Grandview, Indiana.

 

In his autobiography, Bill says Chester reflects his past more than any of his other books.

Bill Peet, Jr.

Copyright 1965 by William B. Peet, Houghton Mifflin Co. Boston
                     
 
 
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