Posted by Peter Ceresole on January 06, 2009 at 23:04:41 user PeterC.
In Reply to: Re: How old...? (Again??) posted by Owen Roberts on January 05, 2009 at 19:30:29:
I have always assumed that the disparity between the Swallows and the Amazons approach to mapping in SW was because.....
I'd always thought pretty much the same- although John and Susan were always more 'mature' than Nancy and Peggy, even before WD.
But I agree with absolutely with your implication that this opposition was set up by AR, from the very beginning of the series in fact, because it made a perfect, continuing basis for some great stories. It's the story teller's craft in action. AR provides object lessons in that, all the time.