Quotes from racundras first cruise by arthur ransome. Buy racundras first cruise new ed by arthur ransome isbn. Some of his early work included old peters russian tales 1916 and racundras first cruise 1923. The book contains photographs not only of the cruise, but also how those places look today. His account of his first cruise on that boat was his first commercially successful book, racundras first cruise also available from fernhurst books. Read download racundras first cruise pdf pdf download. Arthur ransome trust by the author of the swallows and amazons books.
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Your chance to sail in the swallow dinghy from the 1974 film of arthur ransomes book. Arthur michell ransome 18 january 1884 3 june 1967 was an english author and journalist. Some of his early work included old peter s russian tales 1916 and racundra s first cruise 1923. The sailing yarn racundras first cruise was first published in 1923 and marked ransomes return to nonjournalistic and nonpolitical writing. Book full swallows and amazons by arthur ransome portable. Arthur ransomes account of his maiden voyage in his beloved racundra, which took him from latvia, via estonia, to finland and back in 1922. Racundras first cruise, arthur ransome, fernhurst books limited. While in riga, he had a 30foot sailing boat built, racundra, in which he made a baltic voyage, an account of which was published in 1923 under the title racundra s first cruise. Racundras third cruise arthur ransome, brian hammett. Racundras cruise from riga, across the baltic, to helsingfors and back with ransome, the cook, and the ancient mariner, carl sehmel, is detailed in racundras first cruise, considered a classic of sailing literature.
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