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Great Northern?
Arthur Ransome
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Description for Great Northern?
Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: YFA. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 191 x 129 x 35. Weight in Grams: 396.
Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles. Captain Flint and his crew decide to consult an expert to confirm the discovery. But when the man they ask turns out to have his collector’s eye on the birds’ eggs, not to mention skins, an enjoyable voyage around the Outer Hebrides becomes a desperate race to save the birds, and themselves…
Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British Isles. Captain Flint and his crew decide to consult an expert to confirm the discovery. But when the man they ask turns out to have his collector’s eye on the birds’ eggs, not to mention skins, an enjoyable voyage around the Outer Hebrides becomes a desperate race to save the birds, and themselves…
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Number of Pages
528
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099589389
SKU
V9780099589389
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-25
About Arthur Ransome
Arthur Ransome was born in Leeds in 1884. He had an adventurous life - as a baby in he was carried by his father to the top of the Old Man of Coniston, a peak that is 2,276ft high! He went to Russia in 1913 to study folklore and in 1914, at the start of World War I he became ... Read more
Reviews for Great Northern?
[Ransome] makes a tale of adventure a handbook to adventure. His characters are more eager, more resourceful than the majority: that surplus of vitality is their magic
Eric Linklater
Observer
Written in the most beautiful English, this is one of the books which I would be proud to give to anyone
BBC
Eric Linklater
Observer
Written in the most beautiful English, this is one of the books which I would be proud to give to anyone
BBC