Peter Duck

Arthur Ransome (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

432 Seiten

1983
Jonathan Cape (Verlag)
978-0-224-02125-8 (ISBN)

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‘Why do they call him Black Jake? Is it because of his hair?’ Titty asked.
‘Because of his heart’ said Peter Duck

The Swallows and Amazons, as well as Captain Flint and the ancient able seaman Peter Duck, set sail on the Wild Cat bound for the Channel. But they are shadowed by the Viper, manned by none other than Black Jake - a beastly pirate with a dark plan. Can the children race ahead and uncover the buried treasure before the pirate? Can they survive storms, earthquakes, crabs and even a waterspout and make it home?

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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	20.10.1983
Zusatzinfo	1
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	144 x 202 mm
Gewicht	494 g
Themenwelt	Kinder- / Jugendbuch ► Kinderbücher bis 11 Jahre
ISBN-10	0-224-02125-7 / 0224021257
ISBN-13	978-0-224-02125-8 / 9780224021258
Zustand	Neuware