In the Footsteps of the 'Swallows and Amazons

by Claire Kendal Price

With many of Ransome's own photographs and previously unpublished illustrations. Arthur Ransome created a landscape for the Lake District Swallows and Amazons books based on real countryside. He admitted that every place existed somewhere but would never reveal the exact locations he had in mind, preferring to leave his readers to guess. This is the ultimate Ransome site-hunter's guide which will lead you to various locations for Wild Cat Island, Swallowdale, the North Pole, Slater Bob's Mine and the Knickerbockerbreaker amongst others, and in true Ransome spirit, leaves you to make up your own mind. Each walk is illustrated with many of Ransome's own photographs and previously unpublished drawings, so that you can discover how he saw or remembered places when he wrote about them.

112 pages, Paperback

First published May 1, 1993