2000; "First published in the United States in 2000" stated on copyright page; illustrated by Kurt Wiese; The Overlook Press; hardbound; very good condition of book and dust jacket.
 
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Freddy and the Bean Home News (originally 1943) is the tenth book in the humorous children's series Freddy the Pig written by American author Walter R. Brooks and illustrated by Kurt Wiese. The story takes place when the United States was in the middle of World War II.
 
When freedom of the press is stifled in the area, Freddy starts his own paper. The competition between his reporting and the dishonest reporting of the other paper leads to his being arrested, tried in court and kidnapped. The town rises to Freddy's defense and frees him.