Arthur Ransome (1884–1967)
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Children's author Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds, England on January 18, 1884. As a child, he spent many vacations sailing, camping, and exploring the countryside in England's Lake Country. He studied chemistry for one year at Yorkshire College before dropping out to become a writer. He worked näytä lisää for a London publisher and then for the Manchester Guardian newspaper. He wrote his first book, Bohemia in London, in 1907 and went to study folklore in Russia in 1913. In 1916, he published Old Peter's Russian Tales, a collection of 21 folktales. During World War I, he became a reporter for the Daily News and covered the war on the Eastern Front. While in Russia, he also covered the Russian Revolution in 1917. He eventually settled in England's Lake District with his second wife. In 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons, which was the first book in his well-know Swallows and Amazons series about children who sail and explore the lakes and mountains of England. He drew inspiration for the books from his own childhood memories. In 1936, he won the Carnegie Medal for children's literature for Pigeon Post. He died on June 3, 1967. (Bowker Author Biography) näytä vähemmän
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Arthur Ransome Collection Vintage Children's Classics 6 Books Bundle (Coot Club, Peter Duck, Pigeon Post, Swallowdale,… (2016) 11 kappaletta
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Yleistieto
- Virallinen nimi
- Ransome, Arthur Michell
- Muut nimet
- Ransome, Arthur M.
Blunt, William (pseudonym|1939-1940) - Syntymäaika
- 1884-01-18
- Kuolinaika
- 1967-06-03
- Hautapaikka
- Rusland churchyard, England
- Sukupuoli
- male
- Kansalaisuus
- UK
- Maa (karttaa varten)
- England, UK
- Syntymäpaikka
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Kuolinpaikka
- Cheadle, Cheshire, UK
- Asuinpaikat
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK (birthplace)
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Hatch, Wiltshire, England, UK
St. Petersburg, Russia
Riga, Latvia (näytä kaikki 10)
Ludderburn, Cumbria, England, UK
Levington, Suffolk, England, UK
Nibthwaithe, Lancashire, England, UK
Haverthwaite, Lancashire, England, UK - Koulutus
- Old College, Windermere
Rugby School
Yorkshire College - Ammatit
- journalist
foreign correspondent
literary critic
columnist
sailor
fisherman (näytä kaikki 9)
children's author
illustrator
autobiographer - Suhteet
- Ransome, Cyril (father)
Lupton, Joyce (sister)
Lupton, Hugh (great-nephew) - Organisaatiot
- Temple Bar Magazine (editor)
Daily News
Manchester Guardian
London Library (1903-)
Garrick Club (member|1943-) - Palkinnot ja kunnianosoitukset
- DLitt (h.c. ∙ Durham University)
- Lyhyt elämäkerta
- Arthur Ransome used the pseudonym William Blunt as a reviewer of new detective novels for The Observer between 1939 and 1940.
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Arthur Ransome, Legacy Libraries (elokuu 2013)
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- Teokset
- 100
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- 60
- Jäseniä
- 16,057
- Suosituimmuussija
- #1,413
- Arvio (tähdet)
- 4.0
- Kirja-arvosteluja
- 272
- ISBN:t
- 457
- Kielet
- 11
- Kuinka monen suosikki
- 48
The children have gathered in Lowestoft to join Captain Flint (Nancy and Peggy's uncle) on the schooner Wild Cat. They meet a crusty old salt named Peter Duck who volunteers to fill in for the other adult who is delayed and can't join them. Peter tells them a yarn about being shipwrecked as a ship's boy and seeing pirates bury treasure at the foot of a palm tree. Excited by the prospect of real buried treasure, Captain Flint and the Swallows and Amazons crew are off for the Caribbees, trailed by the notorious pirate Black Jake and The Viper. Adventures abound and once more the children must rely on their wits and each other as they sail across the Atlantic.
Although the middle of the book dragged a bit, the action in the last third is nonstop excitement. I look forward to returning to England and the adventures of the Swallows and Amazon in a more realistic setting.… (lisätietoja)