| Description |
1 online resource (xiv, 227 pages) : illustrations |
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| Contents |
Machine generated contents note: 1. Swallows and Amazons: Explorers, Pirates and Savages -- 2. Swallowdale: ̀Things Will Go Onward the Same' -- 3. Peter Duck: Ransome and the Art of Metafiction -- 4. Winter Holiday: Enter the Callums -- 5. Coot Club: Ìn the Cider Press' -- 6. Pigeon Post: The Unlikely Mystery of Squashy Hat -- 7. We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea: Confronting Reality -- 8. Secret Water: Growing Up and Apart -- 9. Big Six: In the Shadow of War -- 10. Missee Lee: Nancy and the Twenty-Two Gong Taicoon -- 11. Picts and the Martyrs: Ìmitation and Rehash'? -- 12. Great Northern?: Not Quite a Grand Finale |
| Summary |
In 1929, Arthur Ransome (1884-1967), a journalist and war correspondent who was on the books of MI6, turned his hand to writing adventure stories for children. The result was Swallows and Amazons and eleven more wonderful books followed, spanning in publication the turbulent years from 1930 to 1947 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 220-223) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967 -- Criticism and interpretation
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Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. Swallows and Amazons
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Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967 |
| SUBJECT |
Swallows and Amazons (Ransome, Arthur) fast |
| Subject |
Children's stories, English -- History and criticism
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LITERARY CRITICISM -- European -- English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh.
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Children's stories, English
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| Genre/Form |
Criticism, interpretation, etc.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780718844646 |
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0718844645 |
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9780718844653 |
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0718844653 |
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9780718844660 |
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0718844661 |
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