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R. M. Ballantyne

(Robert Michael Ballantyne)

Author, Illustrator

(1825 - 1894)

Robert Michael Ballantyne (24 April 1825 – 8 February 1894) was a Scottish writer of juvenile fiction and wrote over 100 books. He was also an accomplished artist and exhibited some of his water-colours at the Royal Scottish Academy. He belonged to a famous family of printers and publishers.



Bibliography

The Coral Island (1858)

Three young men are shipwrecked on a desert island in the south Pacific. Read for free online at Internet Archive.

Author(s): R. M. Ballantyne
Illustrator(s): R. M. Ballantyne

The Coral Island (1950)

Although stranded on a South Pacific Island, three boys make it an adventure.

Author(s): R. M. Ballantyne
Illustrator(s): C. Walter Hodges

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