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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.

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It is so well written that you don't realise that it is written at all. The best children's story -- Hugh Walpole * Observer *

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      Publisher: Penguin Random House Children's UK
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 06/09/2001
      ISBN13: 9780099427162, 978-0099427162
      ISBN10: 0099427168
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      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.

      Trade Review
      It is so well written that you don't realise that it is written at all. The best children's story -- Hugh Walpole * Observer *

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