Swallowdale - Couverture souple

Ransome, Arthur

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0879235721 ISBN 13 : 9780879235727

Editeur : David R Godine Pub, 1986

A propos du livre

Quatrième de couverture :

'Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'

Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout and cooked it yourself? The four Swallows, John, Susan, Titty and Roger return to the lake full of such plans and they can't wait to meet up with Nancy and Peggy, the Amazon Pirates. When the Swallow is shipwrecked and the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better...

Includes exclusive material: In ‘The Backstory’ you can discover the real Swallowdale, swot up on seafaring and learn all about the adventurous author.

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Biographie de l'auteur :

Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in l884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in l917, and witnessed the Revolution, which he reported for the Manchester Guardian. After escaping to Scandinavia, he settled in the Lake District with his Russian wife where, in l929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. And so began a writing career which has produced some of the real children's treasures of all time. In 1936 he won the first ever Carnegie Medal for his book, Pigeon Post.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: David R Godine Pub
• Date d'édition: 1986
• ISBN 10: 0879235721
• ISBN 13: 9780879235727
• Reliure: Broché