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Ludwig Bemelmans -- author, illustrator and legendary bon viveur -- was born in the Austrian Tyrol in 1898. A rebellious child, he never finished his formal education and was apprenticed out to his Uncle Hans, a prosperous hotelier. After shooting a head-waiter following a dispute, he was shipped off to America at the age of 16, where he arrived with two pistols to 'fend off hostile Indians'. After working in the hotel industry, he began writing children's books, his most successful being Madeline, and later, books for adults including several humorous volumes on hotel lifeBemelmans, Ludwig is the author of 'How to Travel Incognito, Vol. 3 - Ludwig Bemelmans - Hardcover' with ISBN 9780870081385 and ISBN 0870081381.
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