Great Northern?

Great Northern?
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Arthur Ransome's Swallows and Amazons series has stood the test of time. Ransome is not only a great storyteller, writing from first-hand experience, but each story celebrates eternally valuable qualities of practical knowledge, independence, and initiative. The twelve books are for children or grownups—anyone captivated by a world of sailing, adventure, and imagination.Here is the twelfth, and last Swallows and Amazons book published in Arthur Ransome’s lifetime. People familiar with the earlier titles will recognize the pattern: children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious egg collectors threatening the survival of a pair of rare birds not previously known to nest in British waters (actually, the bird is the handsome North American “Great Northern Diver,” more commonly called a loon).

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Arthur Ransome. Great Northern?

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CHAPTER I. THE SEA BEAR

CHAPTER II. FEELING HER WAY IN

CHAPTER III. PUTTING HER ON LEGS

CHAPTER IV. THE FIRST DISCOVERY

CHAPTER V “WE ARE BEING STALKED!”

CHAPTER VI. FIRST SIGHT OF THE BIRDS

CHAPTER VII. IS IT OR ISN’T IT?

CHAPTER VIII “HE’S STILL THERE!”

CHAPTER IX. CROSS PURPOSES

CHAPTER X. MUTINY ABOARD

CHAPTER XI. THE EGG-COLLECTOR COOKS HIS OWN GOOSE

CHAPTER XII. WAITING FOR A CHANCE

CHAPTER XIII. GIVING HIM THE SLIP

CHAPTER XIV “I’VE GOT TO HAVE A HIDE”

CHAPTER XV. INTERRUPTED NETTING PARTY

CHAPTER XVI. A GOOD LOOK-OUT

CHAPTER XVII. ENEMIES AFLOAT AND ASHORE

CHAPTER XVIII. NIGHT VISIT TO THE ISLAND

CHAPTER XIX. A CLEAR COAST FOR DICK

CHAPTER XX. THE DECOYS

CHAPTER XXI. THE RED HERRINGS

CHAPTER XXII. THE ROUND-UP

CHAPTER XXIII. SHIP’S NATURALIST

CHAPTER XXIV. UNWANTED RESCUER

CHAPTER XXV. ROGER’S DULL DAY

CHAPTER XXVI. THE McGINTY LISTENS TO REASON

CHAPTER XXVII. TOO LATE!

CHAPTER XXVIII “BUT WHAT HAS HE DONE WITH THE EGGS?”

CHAPTER XXIX “QUICK! QUICK!”

ARTHUR RANSOME

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SCRUBBING THE SEA BEAR

Mac’s Chart of the Cove

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The Sea Bear swung very slowly round. A gentle breath was coming from the north-west.

“Fair wind for the Head,” said Captain Flint. “What about using it and doing our scrub in harbour tomorrow?”

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