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Trout Nation – Your One-Stop Procrastination Stopīut there was still to be one more book: the local veto, it seems, was lifted at least once.

The Infinite Jukebox: The Animals’ ‘It’s My Life’.Rumpole of the Bailey: s01 e05 – Rumpole and the Learned Friends.Hecatae Comics: James Robinson’s Witch Craft.The Infinite Jukebox: The Monkees’ ‘The Door into Summer’.Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children s literature of all time. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. "Written in the most beautiful English, this is one of the books that I would be proud to give anyone." - BBCĬontributor Bio(s): Ransome, Arthur: - Arthur Ransome was born in 1884.

The success of fine writing has everything to do with good stories, palpable energy, engaging models, and credible adventures and all these Arthur Ransome provides in spades. Today, with all twelve titles in print, we're pleased to report that there are legions of Ransome fans who welcome each new addition with enthusiasm. Practical information abounded - about sailing and navigating, tickling trout and tying knots. They were rooted in reality and had the grit and voice of real experience. No one encouraged us but we loved the books.

When we first considered reissuing this beloved series, we asked our friends what they thought of the idea. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious egg collectors threatening the survival of a pair of rare birds not previously known to nest in British waters (actually, the bird is the handsome North American "Great Northern Diver," more commonly called a loon). People familiar with his earlier work will recognize the pattern: children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Juvenile Fiction | Action & Adventure - Generalįinally Here is the twelfth, and final, book in Arthur Ransome's acclaimed Swallows and Amazons series. WE WILL NOT BE UNDERSOLD! Click here for our low price guaranteeīinding Type: MP3 CD - See All Available Formats & EditionsĬlick for more in this series: Swallows and Amazons Contributor(s): Ransome, Arthur (Author), Larkin, Alison (Read by)