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Arthur Ransome

Author,Illustrator,Editor,Translator,Compiler

(1884 - 1967)

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Arthur Michell Ransome (January 18, 1884 – June 3, 1967) was an English author and journalist. He is best known for writing the Swallows and Amazons series of children’s books about the school-holiday adventures of children, mostly in the Lake District and the Norfolk Broads. Many of the books involve sailing; fishing and camping are other common subjects. The books remain popular and Swallows and Amazons is the basis for a tourist industry around Windermere and Coniston Water, the two lakes Ransome adapted as his fictional North Country lake.



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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1920)

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A retelling of the Arabian night in verse by the author of Swallows and Amazons. Read for free online at HathiTrust. Or at Internet Archive.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Thomas Mackenzie

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Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (2009)

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A new telling of the Arabian night in verse by the author of Swallows and Amazons.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Thomas Mackenzie

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The Big Six (1940)

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Bill and Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to investigate the crimes and trap the real criminals.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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The Big Six (1941)

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Bill and Peter and Joe are falsely accused of setting boats adrift and the whole river is against them. Only Dick, Dorothea and Tom Dudgeon are there to stand by their friends and they soon set to work to investigate the crimes and trap the real criminals.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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Coot Club (1934)

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When the Hullabaloos moor right on top of the coots’ nest, what choice had Tom Dudgeon but to cast their motor boat adrift? Dot and Dick help the outlaw elude his pursuers.

Read online at archive.org. 

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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Coot Club (1935)

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When the Hullabaloos moor right on top of the coots’ nest, what choice does Tom Dudgeon of the Bird Protection Society have but to set their motorboat adrift? Dot and Dick help the outlaw elude his pursuers.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome

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Coots in the North and Other Stories (1988)

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A fragment of a thirteenth Swallows and Amazons adventure where the Death and Glories travel to the lake.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome
Hilda Trefusis

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Great Northern? (1947)

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The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are cruising in the Hebrides with Captain Flint, when Dick discovers a nesting pair of loons, or great northern divers - but an egg blowing bird-man is also on their track.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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Great Northern? (1948)

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The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are cruising in the Hebrides with Captain Flint, when Dick discovers a nesting pair of loons, or great northern divers - but an egg blowing bird-man is also on their track.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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Missee Lee (1941)

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The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint are sailing around the world when they have to abandon ship off the coast of China. When they are captured by a female Chinese pirate, they end up forming a makeshift prep school.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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Missee Lee (1942)

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The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint are sailing around the world when they have to abandon ship off the coast of China. When they are captured by a female Chinese pirate, they end up forming a makeshift prep school.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome
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Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1916)

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A collection of Russian folktales. Read online at Hathitrust.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Dmitri Mitrokhin

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Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1938)

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A collection of Russian folktales. Includes a new Prefatory Note by the author. Read online at Hathitrust. Or at Archive.org.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Dmitri Mitrokhin

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Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1971)

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A collection of Russian folk tales. The “Note to the 1938 edition” has been abbreviated.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Faith Jaques

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Old Peter’s Russian Tales (1974)

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A collection of Russian folk tales.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Pauline Baynes
Faith Jaques

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Peter Duck (1932)

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The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint sail in search of treasure and must fight not only a hurricane but also pirates.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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Peter Duck (1933)

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The Swallows, Amazons and Captain Flint sail in search of treasure and must fight not only a hurricane but also pirates.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Helene Carter
Arthur Ransome

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The Picts and the Martyrs (1943)

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Dick and Dorothea have come to the lake to stay with Nancy and Peggy, break in their new boat, Scarab, and help Timothy with the copper assays when all is thrown into confusion by the arrival of the Great Aunt.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome
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The Picts and the Martyrs: or Not Welcome at All (1943)

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Dick and Dorothea have come to the lake to stay with Nancy and Peggy, break in their new boat, Scarab and help Timothy with the copper assays when all is thrown into confusion by the arrival of the Great Aunt.

Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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Pigeon Post (1936)

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The Swallows, Amazons and D’s are prospecting for gold on High Topps, hoping to persuade Captain Flint to stay home as he returns from a South American gold prospecting trip.

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Author(s): Arthur Ransome
Illustrator(s): Arthur Ransome

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