Pigeon Post (Swallows And Amazons, 6)

Pigeon Post (Swallows And Amazons, 6)

by Arthur Ransome (Author)

Synopsis

Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounters with unsafe tunnels. Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat, who appears to be a rival prospector and who's certainly a spy - how can they keep working without him discovering what they've found?

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More Information

Format: Paperback
Pages: 384
Edition: Reprint
Publisher: Red Fox
Published: 06 Sep 2001

ISBN 10: 0099427192
ISBN 13: 9780099427193
Children’s book age: 9-11 Years
Book Overview: A timeless classic, beautifully rejacketed. One of twelve Arthur Ransome titles reissued this month

Media Reviews
In its own class and wearing several gold stars for distinction, Pigeon Post stands head and shoulders above the average adventure book for and of children * The Times *
Author Bio
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.