Authors: Arthur Ransome
ISBN-13: 9780879236601, ISBN-10: 0879236604
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Godine, David R. Publishers, Inc.
Date Published: October 1998
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children’s literature of all time.
Six intrepid brothers and sisters crew out on the high seas where they brave every imaginable danger.
Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. He was in Russia in 1917 and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children’s literature of all time.