Peter's own side of the story! Mid-Summer Night's Eve 1706
Quivering with fear and rage, a six-year-old Peter crouches among the multi-coloured blooms and exotic scents at the bottom of his family's enormous garden. He is determined to run away. Bored with her distinguished but dull companions, the exquisitely beautiful but rashly daring Fairie, Tinkerbell, observes him. For mischief's sake, or so she thinks, she shows herself and shockingly initiates a conversation with 'this perfectly scrumptious little human being'. Soon Peter's life is changed forever.
From the Fairies' home dimension and the Neverland, a realm as cosy and boundless as a child's imagination, to London's filthy streets and burning skies, Peter Pan's true adventures are finally revealed. The facts about his adoption by the Fairies and his tempestuous, enduring relationship with Tinkerbell are told at last. Find out where he really got the Lost Boys and learn the surprise identity of Peter's deadliest enemy. See what made Captain Hook tick, and discover the full story of Peter Pan's romantic attachments to all the Darling girls. The lid is lifted too, on his combat record with the Royal Air Force in the Second World War, and on a scandal that shook two dimensions and to this day hides a deep secret.
JM Barrie assigned the rights of 'Peter Pan' to Great Ormond Street Hospital for children. Many of those rights have now expired, but the desire to help GOSH lives on with Peter's autobiography and 50% of the profits from this book will be donated to that cause.
Editor's Note
Peter first came to me for assistance 30 years ago, mostly it seems, because I'd been in the 82nd Airborne Infantry Division. My published books are on myth and legend or the supernatural, too. So he chose me to act as editor of his memoirs. Back then for many reasons, he decided against publication but I'm glad to say, has finally changed his mind. I would like to thank my wife Jane and Kate Bevan for helping me prepare the manuscript for publication because, despite what Peter thinks, I'm no great shakes as an editor. Peter's life has been one of wonder and the mysteries of existence. He tells his story with honesty and true feeling. We've altered nothing, apart from the correction of spelling and modernising some archaic slang for clarity.
Official Review from On-line Book Club
The Autobiography of Peter Pan, is by far the best book that I've had the privilege of reading though this site. It takes J.M. Barrie's classic story of the boy who wouldn't grow up and tells the reader the whole, "true" story of Pan's life. Covering an impressive historical range, it begins in the 1700's and brings Peter almost to present day by the end, I can honestly say that while I may have been uncomfortable at one or two changes to the story I was nevertheless always fascinated by the new detail Brockman offers. First off, changes are certainly made to the original story. The logic for this is largely based on the idea that Peter Pan actually knew Barrie, and (without Pan's permission) the latter created the story from the mostly "true" explanations given by the former. I didn't feel that it took away from either story at all, and in fact made the Autobiography much more interesting in that you get to see where Pan may not have been entirely truthful. Lastly, I'd like to make a bit of a contradictory statement. The Autobiography of Peter Pan was an incredibly fun read, but it was also in many ways very serious and at times even a bit depressing. Keep in mind that, despite Peter Pan's physical age, in this story he lives for centuries. Many of the more serious pieces of the story tend to fly under his radar, but they are present regardless. You get to see Pan mature emotionally throughout the book, which came as a pleasant, if rather abrasive, surprise. It was interesting, well-written, and just overall enjoyable. I absolutely recommend i
About the Author: RP (Robin) Brockman is an American/British national and author/editor/playwright. He grew up in Kansas and joined the US Army at 17, serving as a paratrooper in America and as an infantryman in the Vietnam War. There he underwent a profound Near Death Experience. Later Robin was an observer in conflicts from the Middle East to El Salvador, Ethiopia to Bosnia, and on the Turkish-Iraqi and Syria-Iraqi borders. His published books include Great Ghost Stories (Random House), Classic Tales of Horror and Classic Tales of the Supernatural, Myths and Legends From Around the World (Arcturus), retold in the form of short stories, and The Message (Orbis), a supernatural thriller. His play The Tunnel Soldiers, which appeared in Edinburgh and London, received universal critical acclaim from the national press. His other produced plays are: Time and the Body, Ballet Hooligans, American Pariah and Tender Loathing. Robin also contributes articles to various magazines. He is married and divides his time between homes in England and the South of France.
