- Hardcover: 144 pages
- Publisher: Jonathan Cape Ltd; Reprint edition (27 Oct 1988)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0224026054
- ISBN-13: 978-0224026055
- Product Dimensions: 21.8 x 14.4 x 2 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 767,191 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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This book comprises a collection of stories found by Hugh Brogan among Arthur Ransome's papers. In the unfinished thirteenth "Swallows and Amazons" adventure three young Coots - Joe, Bill and Pete - undergo a hair-raising journey as stowaways from Norfolk to the Lakes. There they encounter the intrepid Nancy Blackett. The other stories include "The Cloudburst", a fishing tale called "Where is Thomas Staunton?", the Baltic sailing mysteries "Two Shorts and a Long" and "The Unofficial Side", the Breton ghost story "Ankou" and an eerie cautionary tale of old Russia called "The Shepherd's Pipe". The text is accompanied by Ransome's own drawings.
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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
The twelve 'Swallows and Amazons' stories have attracted readers since the time they were first published. Everyone always wants more of their favourite author and their favourite characters. A thirteenth story would be sure of many readers across the world and of all ages and countries. There is nothing quite like 'the Ransome touch' and no writer has quite captured the spirit of his books.
However, the writing in this book, though it does not give us all that we would ask for, still manages to touch the same chords that stirred us when we were younger. The unfinished manuscript, called 'Coots in the North' by Hugh Brogan, tells us a little bit more about the Death and Glories and their possible meeting with the redoubtable Nancy. There are all sorts of possibilities that the imaginative reader can pursue for him or herself. Even the customary sketches can start yet more new trains of thought.
The extracts from 'The River Comes First' provide a magical reading experience and make you long for not just yet another 'Swallows and Amazons' adventure but the completion of this deeper manuscript that obviously meant a lot to him both as a writer and a lover of the lakes and rivers.
However, the writing in this book, though it does not give us all that we would ask for, still manages to touch the same chords that stirred us when we were younger. The unfinished manuscript, called 'Coots in the North' by Hugh Brogan, tells us a little bit more about the Death and Glories and their possible meeting with the redoubtable Nancy. There are all sorts of possibilities that the imaginative reader can pursue for him or herself. Even the customary sketches can start yet more new trains of thought.
The extracts from 'The River Comes First' provide a magical reading experience and make you long for not just yet another 'Swallows and Amazons' adventure but the completion of this deeper manuscript that obviously meant a lot to him both as a writer and a lover of the lakes and rivers.
Format:Hardcover
The "Coots in the North" gives the reader some more information of the Death and Glories, and a promise of lovely adventures with our dear friends. The book contains interesting fragments of the 13th, unfinished story of the Swallows and the Amazons series. It remains to the reader to find a finish Arthur Ransome's plot, but the book leaves her or him hungry to know more. - The Coots in the North story is only a part of this book, and the other, not S & A related stories are as enjoyable as the S & A books.
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17 of 20 people found the following review helpful
A great insight into what might have been
7 Dec 1996
Format:Hardcover
Only a 9 because, alas the work is unfinished. The Death and Glory's stow away in a lorry carrying a motor cruiser to the north. Awaiting them is the D's. They get this far and out on the lake, but AR never got any farther.
Still wonderful to read and imagain
Still wonderful to read and imagain
Coots in the North
9 Sep 2008
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This book is an important reference for Arthur Ransome readers. It contains an introduction and very useful background information about Ransome and his books. A few of Ransome's short stories (some previously published), and just a few chapters of what would have been Ransome's last book are patched together from old typescripts, rough notes and sketches.
The book "Coots in the North" has a good beginning, a fairly rough (in my opinion) ending, and nothing in the middle. I can't see how this could have been made into a book. Ransome left an Author's Note about how he came to write "Swallows and Amazons" that the book almost wrote itself. That was not the case here.
Cliff
The book "Coots in the North" has a good beginning, a fairly rough (in my opinion) ending, and nothing in the middle. I can't see how this could have been made into a book. Ransome left an Author's Note about how he came to write "Swallows and Amazons" that the book almost wrote itself. That was not the case here.
Cliff
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