The lord of the rings

The Lord of the Rings is an epic high-fantasy novel written by English author and scholar J. R. R. Tolkien. The story began as a sequel to Tolkien's 1937 fantasy novel The Hobbit, but eventually developed into a much larger work. Written in stages between 1937 and 1949, The Lord of the Rings is one of the best-selling novels ever written, with over 150 million copies sold

In 1978, To promote the movie that would come out that year, United Artists commissioned the Parade Studio to make a float based on the film, The bottom and middle part of the float took place on middle earth, and on the top of the float was Mount Doom (where Gandalf stood on the front) The float was retired shortly after the 1978 and was recycled into the Legend of the Lone Ranger float in 1980