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Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884 and went to school at Rugby. He was in Russia in 1917, 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 1929, 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. Ransome died in 1967. He and his wife Evgenia lie buried in the churchyard of St Paul's Church, Rusland, in the southern Lake District.
Missee Lee
The Picts and the Martyrs
Swallows And Amazons
Peter Duck
We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea
Secret Water
Great Northern?
Swallowdale
Winter Holiday
Coot Club
Pigeon Post
The Big Six
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Secret Water published by Red Fox.
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Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Winter Holiday published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Peter Duck published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Swallowdale published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Swallows And Amazons published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Great Northern? published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read Missee Lee published by Red Fox.
Happy Birthday Arthur Ransome! Now's the time to read The Big Six published by Red Fox.
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