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Arthur Ransome on the Broads / by Roger Wardle.
Van Pelt Library PR6035.A63 Z84 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wardale, Roger, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967--Homes and haunts--England--Broads, The.
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967--Settings.
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. Coot Club.
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967. Big six.
- Ransome, Arthur, 1884-1967.
- Broads, The (England)--In literature.
- Broads, The (England)--History--20th century.
- England--The Broads.
- Physical Description:
- 95 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Stroud : Amberley, 2013.
- Summary:
- In Arthur Ransome on the Broads Roger Wardale tells the inside story of the two classic children's novels, Coot Club and The Big Six, that stemmed from the eight holidays that Ransome and his wife spent cruising in hired craft on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s. Drawing freely upon Ransome's sailing log, his diaries and those of his wife, an intimate portrait emerges of the iconic children's author on holiday, as well as a unique picture of the Norfolk Broads at a crucial point in their transition from the wilderness that he loved to a watery playground. Using Ransome's working notes and letters it has been possible to trace the trials and tribulations of the development of the plot of Coot Club - a book that his publisher had to drag from him in order to catch the Christmas market. By way of contrast, Ransome's masterly tale of detection, The Big Six, gave him lots of fun in the creation - once he had settled on the crime. This beautifully illustrated book should appeal to all Ransome enthusiasts, those who have sailed on the Broads at some time or other and local historians. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- 1 'Snatches from a Dozen Different Lives' 5
- 2 Welcome at Potter Heigham-1931 Cruise 13
- 3 Fairway from Wroxham-1933 Cruise 22
- 4 Prostrate in Kendal Dyke - 1933 Fishing Trip 39
- 5 Sail and Power -1934 Cruises 41
- 6 Coots and Foreigners - Coot Club 44
- 7 'Barnacle Bill' -1938-9 Cruises 59
- 8 Coots in Trouble - The Big Six 76.
- ISBN:
- 9781445611525
- 144561152X
- OCLC:
- 830352225
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