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Old 04-05-2006, 07:21 AM   #1
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Originally Posted by Dirk
Hi guys,check it out,I've been reading about the RED BOOK OF WESTMARCH ......and here's the thing. Can you actually buy this book anywhere?......please reply to this noobie question.....I'd love to get hold of it but it doesn't seem possible .........I am sorry is this is an old subject but im goin crazy!!
Here ya go:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_of_Westmarch

http://www.glyphweb.com/arda/default.asp

That explains all about it. Its not a real book, per se. The Hobbit and LOTR trilogy are supposedly the translated version of the Book of Westmarch for us to read in this day and age. Tolkien's trying to imply this Book was a record of these hobbit's adventures and it has been translated and put down into these books you are now reading.
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