PeterPan

Illustration Credits col1 2004 Modern Library Paperback Edition Introduction copyright © 2004 by Anne McCaffrey Biographical note and reading group guide copyright © 2004 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved under International and Pan-American Copyright Conventions. Published in the United States by Modern Library, an imprint of The Random House Publishing Group, a division of Random House, Inc., New York, and simultaneously in Canada by Random House of Canada Limited, Toronto. MODERN LIBRARY and the TORCHBEARER Design are registered trademarks of Random House, Inc. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication data is available. Modern Library website address: www.modernlibrary.com eISBN: 978-1-58836-420-3 v3.1 J. M. BARRIE James Matthew Barrie was born in Kirriemuir, Scotland, on May 9, 1860, the seventh living child and youngest son of David Barrie, a hand-loom weaver, and Margaret Ogilvy. The death of Margaret’s favorite child, David, in an ice-skating accident played an important role in shaping Barrie’s character. Hoping to ease his mother’s overwhelming grief, the six-year-old Barrie attempted to take David’s pl......