Pigeon Post
Language: English
Published by David R, Goodine, Boston MA, 1999
- Softcover
- Used
Seller: Trench Books, Hudson, ME, U.S.A.Trench Books
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Condition: Used - Very good
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Exceptional condition, clean and unmarked; appears unread. One of the Swallows & Amazons series from the 1930s, still popular 100 years later. "A pigeon a day keeps the natives away".
Seller Inventory # 009922
- Title
- Pigeon Post
- Author
- Arthur Ransome
- Publisher
- David R, Goodine, Boston MA
- Publication year
- 1999
- Condition
- Very Good+
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Trade Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 087923864X
- ISBN 13
- 9780879238643
- Series
- Book 6 of 12: Swallows and Amazons
- Seller catalogs
- Children's Series
The Swallows, Amazons, and friends search for gold in the Lake District Hills--camping out, evading dangers, and staying in touch via homing pigeon.
Nancy and Peggy Blackett receive a letter from their Uncle Jim who's on his way home after failing to find treasure in South America. When they hear a tale about a lost gold mine in the Lake District hills, Nancy and Peggy decide to find the mine as a surprise for their uncle. The children comb the nearby hills, while being shadowed by a mysterious figure they dub "squashy hat." Undeterred by drought, sudden brushfires, and the continuing presence of Squashy Hat, the young prospectors persevere in their quest--with surprising results (aided by Dick's knowledge of chemistry).
Friendship and resourcefulness, dangers and rescues: Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series has stood the test of time. More than just great stories, each one celebrates independence and initiative with a colorful, large cast of characters. Pigeon Post (originally published in 1936) is the sixth title in the Swallows and Amazons series, books for children or grownups, anyone captivated by a world of adventure, exploration, and imagination.
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About the Author
Arthur Ransome spent his childhood in England's Lake District, and after a career in journalism that took him to Russia (where he married Trostsky's secretary), China, and Egypt (interspersed with summers of cruising through the Baltic Sea and the canals of Europe), he retired to Coniston where he could practice his favorite pastimes of sailing and fishing and where he wrote the Swallows and Amazons series.
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