Dr. Seuss' New England Roots

Connecticut Public Radio

Published June 27, 2019 at 5:20 PM EDT

The Dr. Seuss Museum in Springfield, Massachusetts.

Growing up reading Dr. Seuss books like, well, just about everyone else, I imagined they were written by someone who grew up in a fantastical place, filled with oddly shaped trees and strangely-named animals. But, it turns out Dr. Seuss, born Theodor Geisel, actually grew up in the rather normal town of Springfield, Massachusetts.

A new biography by Brian Jay Jones explores how his New England upbringing and Dartmouth education shaped Geisel's work. The book is called Becoming Dr. Seuss: Theodor Geisel and the Making of an American Imagination.

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