Fighting a dragon would have been a daunting task even for an entire army of Dwarves, but Thorin II Oakenshield did not have that luxury when he set out to reclaim the kingdom of Erebor from Smaug ...

2 The Hobbit was published in September 1937 by Allen ... to find out that she was called “Dis” – making her the only lady Dwarf mentioned anywhere in Tolkien’s writings.

In 1937, English author J.R.R. Tolkien penned a children’s book called “The Hobbit,” or “There and Back Again,” which ignited what would become one of the most popular franchises of all ...