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Great Northern?
Arthur Ransome
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Description for Great Northern?
Hardcover. 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. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 5AJ; YQE. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 204 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 480.
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 United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1947
Condition
New
Number of Pages
352
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224606424
SKU
V9780224606424
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-99
About Arthur Ransome
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 ... 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