Arthur Ransome (1884–1967)
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Om författaren
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 visa mer 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) visa färre
Serier
Verk av Arthur Ransome
Peter Duck : a treasure hunt in the Caribbees (1932) — Författare; Illustratör, vissa utgåvor — 1,017 exemplar
Arthur Ransome Collection Vintage Children's Classics 6 Books Bundle (Coot Club, Peter Duck, Pigeon Post, Swallowdale,… (2016) 11 exemplar
The Swallows and Amazons Adventures, Part I 4 exemplar
The twilight years 3 exemplar
Swallows and Amazons Series Collection Series 4 Books (Winter Holiday, Peter Duck, Swallowdale, Swallows and Amazons)… (2018) 3 exemplar
Svalerne på Vinterferie 2 exemplar
Svalerne på Skatteøen 2 exemplar
Svalerne som Guldgravere 2 exemplar
Svalerne på Fastlandet 2 exemplar
Svalerne og den Sorte Skonnert 2 exemplar
Svalerne og Den mystiske Mand 2 exemplar
Svalerne går i Land 2 exemplar
Svalerne og Piraterne 2 exemplar
Highways and byways in fairy land 2 exemplar
Svalerne på Opdagelse 2 exemplar
Wyspa krabów 1 exemplar
Cuentos Rusos Del Abuelo Pedro I 1 exemplar
Pierre Canné [manuscript] 1 exemplar
Swallows And Amazons Adventures Set 2 Featuring Missee Lee, The Big Six, Coot Club, Winter Holiday, Great Northern And… (2005) 1 exemplar
RANSOME ON BLUE WATER SAILING 1 exemplar
The stone lady 1 exemplar
The Swallows and Amazons Adventures, Part II 1 exemplar
Drawn at a venture 1 exemplar
[Unknown] 1 exemplar
The A.B.C. of physical culture 1 exemplar
Swallowdale [abridged audiobook] 1 exemplar
ATONEMENT, THE 1 exemplar
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Stories by Daudet and Coppée — Redaktör — 3 exemplar
Then and Now. A Selection of Articles, Stories & Poems, Taken from the First Fifty Numbers of ‘Now & Then’,… (1935) — Bidragsgivare — 2 exemplar
Stories for girls — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
British country life in autumn and winter : the book of the open air (1907) — Bidragsgivare — 1 exemplar
Taggad
Allmänna fakta
- Namn enligt folkbokföringen
- Ransome, Arthur Michell
- Andra namn
- Ransome, Arthur M.
Blunt, William (pseudonym|1939-1940) - Födelsedag
- 1884-01-18
- Avled
- 1967-06-03
- Begravningsplats
- Rusland churchyard, England
- Kön
- male
- Nationalitet
- UK
- Födelseort
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Dödsort
- Cheadle, Cheshire, UK
- Bostadsorter
- Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK (birthplace)
London, England, UK
Petersfield, Hampshire, England, UK
Hatch, Wiltshire, England, UK
St. Petersburg, Russia
Riga, Latvia (visa alla 10)
Ludderburn, Cumbria, England, UK
Levington, Suffolk, England, UK
Nibthwaithe, Lancashire, England, UK
Haverthwaite, Lancashire, England, UK - Utbildning
- Old College, Windermere
Rugby School
Yorkshire College - Yrken
- journalist
foreign correspondent
literary critic
columnist
sailor
fisherman (visa alla 9)
children's author
illustrator
autobiographer - Relationer
- Ransome, Cyril (father)
Lupton, Joyce (sister)
Lupton, Hugh (great-nephew) - Organisationer
- Temple Bar Magazine (editor)
Daily News
Manchester Guardian
London Library (1903-) - Priser och utmärkelser
- DLitt (h.c. ∙ Durham University)
- Kort biografi
- Arthur Ransome used the pseudonym William Blunt as a reviewer of new detective novels for The Observer between 1939 and 1940.
Medlemmar
Diskussioner
Arthur Ransome i Legacy Libraries (augusti 2013)
Recensioner
Listor
Ambleside Y3 (1)
Books About Boys (1)
4th Grade Books (1)
1930s (1)
BBC Big Read (1)
Spirit of Place (4)
Put a Bird On It (3)
Best Sea Stories (2)
Ambleside Books (2)
Elevenses (2)
BBC Big Read (1)
Favorite Series (1)
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Statistik
- Verk
- 105
- Även av
- 60
- Medlemmar
- 15,924
- Popularitet
- #1,424
- Betyg
- 4.0
- Recensioner
- 272
- ISBN
- 458
- Språk
- 11
- Favoritmärkt
- 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.… (mer)