Arthur Ransome on the Broads /
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'...
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Stroud :
Amberley Publishing,
2013
Stroud : Amberley, 2013 Stroud, Gloucestershire : 2013 |
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Table of Contents:
- 'Snatches from a Dozen Different Lives'
- 'Welcome' at Potter Heigham, 1931 Cruise
- 'Fairway' from Wroxham, 1933 Cruise
- Prostrate in Kendal Dyke, 1933 Fishing Trip
- Sail and Power, 1934 Cruises
- Coots and Foreigners, 'Coot Club'
- 'Barnacle Bill', 1938-39 Cruises
- Coots in Trouble, 'The Big Six'
- Epilogue: The One That Got Away, 'The Death and Glories'
- Appendix: Boradland Craft, Real and Fictional
- 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