We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Swallows and Amazons)

Ransome, Arthur

ISBN 10: 0879239913 / ISBN 13: 9780879239916

Published by David R. Godine, Publisher, 1994

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea (Swallows and Amazons)
• Publisher: David R. Godine, Publisher
• Publication Date: 1994
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0879239913
• ISBN 13: 9780879239916
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The Swallows break a promise to their mother and the four young sailors find themselves drifting out to sea―and then sweeping across to Holland in the midst of a full gale!

The Swallows only meant to sail within an estuary on a borrowed boat. They didn’t mean to get stranded in the fog, lose their anchor in a storm, and be driven out into the North Sea. John is nearly swept overboard, their ship almost capsizes―and Susan really regrets not doing as their mother asked. And their father, Navy Commander Ted Walker, is due back from his posting in Hong Kong any time and they might miss seeing him.

Family, resourcefulness, and sailing, too: 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. We Didn’t Mean to Go to Sea (originally published in 1937) is the seventh title in the Swallows and Amazons series, books for children or grownups, anyone captivated by a world of adventure, exploration, and imagination.

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.