It is at an altitude and on the blue ridge mountains in a state too dignified to be dragged into this controversy. He lived a mile and a half from our house on the south side of the blue ridge mountains, and it sho' is a rocky country.
Theodor Seuss Geisel (/ËsÉÉªs/ /ËÉ¡aÉª.zÉl/ ; March 2, 1904 â September 24, 1991) was an American writer and illustrator best known for authoring popular children's books under the pen name Dr. Seuss (/suËs/).
It was here that he found he had a real talent for cartooning. Subsequently, in a period of travel around Europe, he wrote his first, as yet unpublished novel. On his return to the U.S., Geisel began to draw in earnest, becoming a freelance cartoonist and illustrator. It was here he coined his pen-name Dr. Seuss. It originated from his mother's maiden name and the long-coveted Ph.D. that he never got round to earning. In November 1927, after his first real break, he married Helen Palmer who was a classmate of his at Oxford.