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Mr. Adams in 1974. His book “Watership Down” started out as rabbit stories he made up to entertain his two young daughters on long drives in the country.
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Richard Adams
Died on December 24, 2016 at age 96
Mr. Adams became one of the world’s best-selling authors with his first novel, “Watership Down,” a tale of rabbits whose adventures in a pastoral realm of epic perils explored Homeric themes of exile, courage and survival.
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