Hardcover
5.67 x 7.91 x 1.38 in
December 27, 1987
Random House UK
0224606395
9780224606394
About the Author
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.
From the Trade Paperback edition.