Further Reading
Books to help you find out more about the author, his books and the boats, people and places behind them
If you are interested in finding out more about Arthur Ransome, his books and the boats, people and places which inspired him, there are a number of books which have been published to help you do just this. They are listed below with ISBN and publisher details, together with the year of publication. (A year in brackets indicates the year in which that title was first published.)
Not of all those mentioned may be available except from a second-hand bookstore, an online bookseller such as Abebooks or Amazon Marketplace or an online auction site, such as eBay.
Some of the books listed below are available from the TARS Stall.
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Arthur Ransome & Captain Flint's Trunk by Christina Hardyment ISBN: 0-7112-2692-0 Frances Lincoln Limited, 2007 (1984) |
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Arthur Ransome and the world of the Swallows & Amazons by Roger Wardale ISBN: 0-9535035-4-2 Great Northern Books, 2000 |
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Arthur Ransome's East Anglia by Roger Wardale ISBN: 0-946148-57-0 Poppyland Publishing, 2001 (1988) |
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Discovering Swallows & Ransomes by John Berry ISBN: 1-85058-814-7 Sigma Leisure, 2004 |
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In the Footsteps of the Swallows and Amazons by Clare Kendall-Price ISBN: 0-95211-86-02 Wild Cat Publishing, 1993 |
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In Search of Swallows & Amazons: Arthur Ransome's Lakeland by Roger Wardale ISBN: 1-85058-839-2 Sigma Leisure, 2006 (1996) |
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The Life of Arthur Ransome by Hugh Brogan ISBN: 0-224-02010-2 Jonathan Cape, 1984 |
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Nancy Blackett: Under Sail with Arthur Ransome by Roger Wardale ISBN: 0-224-03754-4 Jonathan Cape, 1991 |
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Signalling from Mars: The Letters of Arthur Ransome edited by Hugh Brogan ISBN: 0-224-04261-0 Jonathan Cape, 1997 |
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