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The Once and Future King

T. H. White

T. H. White’s masterful retelling of the saga of King Arthur is a fantasy classic as legendary as Excalibur and Camelot, and a poignant story of adventure, romance, and magic that has enchanted readers for generations.

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Stuff You Should Know

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Stuff You Should Know

It was mentioned as the basis for the Disney film 'The Sword in the Stone' and referenced Arthur's potential return when Britain needs him, similar to the British Superman.

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And then T.H. White wrote The Once and Future King, and that was the basis of The Sword in the Stone.

— Episode: SYSK Distraction Playlist: Was there a r...

Episode: SYSK Distraction Playlist: Was there a real King A...

It was mentioned as the basis for the Disney film 'The Sword in the Stone' and referenced Arthur's potential return when Britain needs him, similar to the British Superman.

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And then T.H. White wrote The Once and Future King, and that was the basis of The Sword in the Stone.

Which makes him like kind of the British Superman.

Episode: SYSK Distraction Playlist: Was there a real King A...

It was mentioned as the basis for the movie 'The Sword in the Stone', which was discussed in the context of King Arthur and his legend.

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And then T.H. White wrote The Once and Future King, and that was the basis of The Sword in the Stone.

Episode: SYSK Distraction Playlist: Was there a real King A...

It was mentioned as the basis for the Disney movie, 'The Sword in the Stone', and alluded to King Arthur's eventual return to save Britain.

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And then T.H. White wrote The Once and Future King, and that was the basis of The Sword in the Stone.

The Matt Walsh Show

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The Matt Walsh Show

Walsh promoted the book as the featured selection for his Third Thursday Book Club, encouraging listeners to sign up for notes and a cheatsheet.

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This month's book is The Once and Future King by T.H. White.

— Episode: Ep. 927 - 'We Aren't Grooming Children,'...

Episode: Ep. 927 - 'We Aren't Grooming Children,' They Cry...

Walsh promoted the book as the featured selection for his Third Thursday Book Club, encouraging listeners to sign up for notes and a cheatsheet.

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This month's book is The Once and Future King by T.H. White.

You can sign up now at thirdthursdaybookclub.com to get Ben's notes sent straight to your inbox for The Once and Future King by T.H. White.

The MeatEater Podcast

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The MeatEater Podcast

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned reading "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White when he was nine years old and it inspired him to become a falconer. He was particularly interested in the chapter about King Arthur's apprenticeship as a falconer.

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And then when I was nine, I got my first hawk. I got a red-tailed hawk. And then I had read a book. You know, my uncle was president, and there was books around about Camelot. And there was a book by...

— Episode: Ep. 560: RFK Jr. on Polluters, Falconry,...

Episode: Ep. 560: RFK Jr. on Polluters, Falconry, and Assas...

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. mentioned reading "The Once and Future King" by T.H. White when he was nine years old and it inspired him to become a falconer. He was particularly interested in the chapter about King Arthur's apprenticeship as a falconer.

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And then when I was nine, I got my first hawk. I got a red-tailed hawk. And then I had read a book. You know, my uncle was president, and there was books around about Camelot. And there was a book by T.H. White called The Once and Future King, and I read it.

T.H. White was a, you know, brilliant author, but he was also a falconer, and he was a British falconer. And he has a chapter in The Once and Future King is about the young King Arthur. It was a chapter in it about Arthur apprenticing as a falconer when he was a little boy.

And I read that, and I said, this is what I got to do. And I told my dad. My dad knew of a falconer who lived about a mile from my house. It was a guy called Alvin I. He was one of the pioneers of American falconry, and he had been an all-American football player at Penn State. He had then gone to work designing jets for the Pentagon, but the State Department knew about him because whenever there was visiting Arab dignitaries, they'd always send him over to fly birds with them because the Arabs are crazy for falconry.

On Being with Krista Tippett

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On Being with Krista Tippett

The book was mentioned as a source of comfort and inspiration during a time of grief; the speaker recalled a passage from the book that advised learning something new when feeling very sad.

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And I was reading the once-in-future king, that book in Merlin says to Aritha, When you're very sad, the only thing to do is to go learn something.

— Episode: [Unedited] Marie Howe with Krista Tippet...

Episode: [Unedited] Marie Howe with Krista Tippett

The book was mentioned as a source of comfort and inspiration during a time of grief; the speaker recalled a passage from the book that advised learning something new when feeling very sad.

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And I was reading the once-in-future king, that book in Merlin says to Aritha, When you're very sad, the only thing to do is to go learn something.

Episode: Marie Howe — The Power of Words to Save Us

This book was mentioned in relation to a quote from Merlin that inspired the author to pursue learning, leading to her discovery of poetry. The relevant quote from the book was not provided, only that the author read it following her father's death.

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And I was reading the once-of-future king that book in Merlin says to Aritha, when you're very sad the only thing to do is to go learn something.

Episode: [Unedited] Marie Howe with Krista Tippett

This book was referenced; a quote from Merlin about learning when sad was mentioned as inspiration for the author's pursuit of poetry.

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And I was reading the once-in-future king, that book in Merlin says to Aritha, When you're very sad, the only thing to do is to go learn something.

Episode: Marie Howe — The Power of Words to Save Us

This book was mentioned as a source of inspiration and wisdom during a time of grief, specifically a quote from Merlin to Arthur about learning something when sad.

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And I was reading the once-of-future king that book in Merlin says to Aritha, when you're very sad the only thing to do is to go learn something.

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