The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome

Arthur Ransome

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Language: English

Published by Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1976

0224012452 / 9780224012454

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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. The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome is a posthumously published, carefully edited life story of the Swallows and Amazons author, shaped and brought to print by his friend and literary executor Rupert Hart-Davis. It covers Ransome's childhood, early literary struggles, his extraordinary years in revolutionary Russia, and the beginnings of the books that made him beloved.  1976, First edition. A fine copy with a previous owners bookplate on the front pastedown. The d/w is unclipped and near fine with only a very faint hint of sunning on the spine. Scans available if required. {"length" => ["22"], "width" => ["14"], "units" => ["Centimeters"]}.

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Title
The Autobiography of Arthur Ransome
Author
Arthur Ransome
Publisher
Jonathan Cape Ltd
Publication year
1976
Binding
Hardback
Language
English
ISBN 10
0224012452
ISBN 13
9780224012454

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