Pigeon Post (Hardcover)

Arthur Ransome

ISBN 10: 0224021249 / ISBN 13: 9780224021241

Published by Vintage Publishing, London, 1983

About this Item

Hardcover. 'Barbecued billygoats!'Can you imagine finding gold? That's just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. But it's a hot and dry summer and water is in scarce supply. Worse still for the troubled campers, they have competition- Squashy Hat. Anybody can see he is a prospector. And talk about squashy hats! The children have never seen squashier. Just who is he and what sort of traps is he laying? Using pigeons to carry messages, braving dangerous mines and fires, the Swallows, Amazons and D's Mining Company must stake their claim before their dreaded rival. Thats just what the Swallows and Amazons and Dick and Dorothea decide to hunt for in the hills high above the lake. Using pigeons to carry messages, braving dangerous mines and fires, the Swallows, Amazons and Ds Mining Company must stake their claim before their dreaded rival. Shipping may be from our Sydney, NSW warehouse or from our UK or US warehouse, depending on stock availability.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Pigeon Post (Hardcover)
• Publisher: Vintage Publishing, London
• Publication Date: 1983
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0224021249
• ISBN 13: 9780224021241
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: new

About this title

Synopsis

A timeless classic, beautifully rejacketed.
     BACKSTORY: Test your knowledge of the book and its characters, and learn more about water dowsing!

     Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. But the mining camp runs into all sorts of trouble: not only the danger of fire in the drought ridden countryside but also scary encounters with unsafe tunnels. Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat, who appears to be a rival prospector and who's certainly a spy -- how can they keep working without him discovering what they've found?

About the Author

Arthur Ransome was born in 1884. 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 of England with his Russian wife where, in 1929, he wrote Swallows and Amazons. Thus began a writing career that has produced some of the best children’s literature of all time.