Choose another writer in this calendar: by name: A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z by birthday from the calendar. Credits and feedback Kenneth Grahame (1859-1932) English bank official, writer, author of THE WIND IN THE WILLOWS (1908), set in the idyllic English countryside. The work established Grahame's international reputation as a writer of children's books and has deeply ...

Ocean Planet: Writings and Images of the Sea Wayfarers All Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows, 1908 For many the open ocean symbolizes adventure and freedom--from boredom and routine, from society's constraints, from personal responsibilities, from political opression. In this romantic episode from Kenneth Grahame's classic children's story, The Wind in the Willows, a Sea Rat encounters a ...