V for Victory

[Baker, John]

        Also, the Hugh Lofting character was named Dr. Dolittle.

John Baker


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> > Interestingly, both Jimmy Doolittle and Hugh Lofting, the author of Dr.
> >  Doolittle, went to MIT.
>
> Coincidence.  According to the Britannica, Lofting first published a Dr.
> Doolittle book in 1920, which was before Jimmy Doolittle had become famous
> or
> gone to MIT.  Whatever source Lofting got the name "Doolittle" from, it
> was
> not the pilot.
>