Lit Hub Daily: August 21, 2024

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August 21, 2024

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TODAY: In 1920, Christopher Robin Milne, the son of author A. A. Milne and the basis of the character Christopher Robin in his father’s Winnie-the-Pooh stories, is born.

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Lit Hub Daily: August 21, 2024

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