By now,
Peter Jackson's acclaimed 'Lord of the Rings' trilogy is so beloved, it's almost hard to imagine J.R.R. Tolkien's novels before it. But 'LOTR' wasn't our first introduction to those crafty little Hobbitses, of course.
In 1937, Tolkien published the children's book 'The Hobbit, or There and Back Again,' which told the story of Bilbo Baggins, a vertically challenged fellow who traveled from his Shire to the lair of the fire-breathing
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