Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome
Just finished reading Swallowdale tonight. Excellent old-fashioned summer adventure, first published in 1931. It's the sequel to Swallows and Amazons which I read last summer. In Swallowdale, the four Walker children--Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger--return for their second summer on the lake, ready to exercise their imaginations, as well as their sailing, exploring, and camping skills. Due to an unfortunate (or fortunate?) incident, they become "shipwrecked" and have to set up camp in a small valley up the moor on the east side of the lake, rather than on Wild Cat Island, the heart of many of last summer's adventures. Despite constraints imposed by a very imposing great-aunt, the two Blackett girls--Captain Nancy and Mate Peggy--are able to join the Walkers for some adventures, including a hike up the local peak named Kanchenjunca by the children. Great fun! I'd like to join this crew.Ransome, Arthur. Swallowdale. Boston: David R. Godine, 1985. ISBN 0-87923-572-1
posted by Kris @ 11:37 PM
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Ransom Ransome! Check 'em out to keep Swallows & Amazons on your library's shelves.
Kanchenjunga with a G. I like the part where they find out that Uncle Jim aka Captain Flint climbed it in his childhood, but as the Matterhorn.
Well, I thought it was Kanchenjunga, but I wasn't altogether sure. So I checked in the book, and I thought it said Kanchenjunca. Now that I'm checking it again, I see that it is, in fact Kanchenjunga. Perhaps the fact that I was writing that post after midnight...
Anyway, I also liked that bit about Uncle Jim and Nancy and Peggy's parents having climbed it before.
But you have yet to get to the best books in the series...
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